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IN THIS ISSUE: When God Says •'No” . . By Paul Hutchens The Civilian's Tremendous Responsibility , . By Chaplain James B. McLeroy Does the Bible Institute Answer the Need of the Present Day? . . . By Samuel H. Sutherland
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June, 1943
The True-to-the-Bible Family Magazine
TABLE OF CONTENTS Ransom D . Marvin-; Staff Artist Cover Photograph Courtesy of Canadian National Railways
Around the King’s Table — Louis T. Talbot .............. .............._.......................... 203 When „God Says “ No ”— Paul Hutchens ............................ m .......... .................... 205 Does the Bible Institute Answer the Need of the Present Day ?— Samuel H . Sutherland .......................................................... .............206 The Civilian’s Tremendous Responsibility —James B. McLeroy .....................208 Brought Out, T o Be Brought In— W . Graham Scroggie ........... .................... 210 Dr. Talbot’s Question, Box.......................... ........................... .......212 Chepil Finds the Way -1—Marjorie Davis and Anne Hazelton .............. . ‘....213 Parable of the Seed — Alice Bishop Kramer and Albert Ludlow Kramer ........215 Bible Institute Family Circle............... .......... ......................................................... 216 Junior King’s Business —Martha S. Hooker .......................... .......... .................. ..217 International Lesson Commentary...................... ...................... ............i.......... ......219 Notes on Christian Endeavor — Homer A. Kent, Peter F ‘ Wall, Velma B. Pickett, Evelyn Reeves ...................................................................229 Daily Devotional Readings..................... .;...........................§ .................................233 Our Literature Table........................................................ ......;................................ 239 The Official Organ of THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES, Inc. LOUIS T. TALBOT Editor-in-chief M ILDRED M. COOK Managing Editor. INFORMATION FOR SUBSCRIBERS SUBSCRIPTION PR ICE: ‘ ‘The King’s Business" is published monthly, $1.00—one year; $1.50=—two years; 50 cents-—six months; 10 cents—single copy. Clubs of three, or more at special rates. Write for details. Canadian and foreign subscriptions 26 cents extra. It requires one month for a change of address to become effective. .Please send both old and new addresses. REM ITTANCE— Payable in advance, should be made by bank draft, express or P®®* office money order payable to ‘‘The King’s Business." Date of expiration will show plainly each month on outside wrapper or cover of magazine. ADVERTISING —For information with reference to advertising in ‘ ‘The King’s Business, address the Advertising Manager, 558 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, Calif,, or pur eastern representative, Religious Press Association, 51 No. 52nd St., Philadelphia, Pa. MANUSCRIPTS — ‘‘The King's Business" cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage to manuscripts sent in for consideration. Entered as second-class matter November .7, 1938, at the Post Office at Los Angeles, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28, 1925, embodied in paragraph 4,^section 538, P. L. and R., authorized October 1, 1918, and November .to, iyoo, THE KING’S BUSINESS, 558 So. Hope St., Los Angeles, Calif.
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INSTITUTE PRESIDENT IN NEW RADIO BROADCAST Urgent requests have been received from men and women who are unable to attend the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. They have asked that the Institute be brought to them by way of radio. To do this would mean a broad extension of the influerice of the Insti tute— a matter of much earnest prayer. Which every person in California who possess es a radio may benefit by Biota’s ministry. Through the facilities of the California Mutual chain, a verse-by-verse study of the Bible will be given daily by the President of the Bible Institute of Los A n g e l e s , Louis T. Talbot. Friends of the Institute are asked to cooper ate in making these broadcasts known to others. It is the plan to extend this radio ministry to Oregon and Washington as soon as finances will permit. The Lord has made possible a series of broadcasts/ beginning May 3, by means of
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On June 10, at the thirty-third an nual commencement of the Bible In stitute of Los Angeles, more than sixty young people are to be grad uated. Dr. Louis Evans is to be the commencement speaker.
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was opened on April 16, with more than 2,000 persons in attendance. A score of ministers, seven chaplains, and members of the Christian Busi ness Men’s Committees took part. In connection with this “home for men away from home,” there are facilities for reading, writing, games, music, swimming, and the serving of refresh ments, besides group gatherings for gospel meetings. The cooperation of near-by churches has been enthusias tic and helpful. There is opportunity for others to share in this ministry. 1 Will you not pray for this ar\d every similar work which extends Christ’s compassion t o . today’s multitude?— C.F.S. ■ ' He Found Christ It is a long time ago that the May, 1937, issue of this magazine was brought from the press. But one copy, at least, is still being used for the glory of the Lord, as was evidenced in a letter received from a sergeant ‘.‘somewhere in South America.” "Please send one copy of the May, 1937, issue to my wife,” he wrote, “I have a son just six months old, and I. want her to have the help of that is sue, \yhich I have before me, in bring ing him up in the right way. “ Just recently I came to know our • Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and am
ago that this magazine published an article entitled “A New Use for a Race Track,” in which attention was Called to the Christ-centered ministry of cer tain Japanese Christians, witnessing faithfully among their own people. Now the United States Government has converted this location 'to mili-' tary purposes, and Camp Santa Anita has become, in” size and importance, “the Aberdeen of the West.” Thou sands of men Will receive their train ing there, and to these thousands Christ’s own compassion is being ex tended through the Christian Service Organization whose building is locat ed within a hundred yards of the camp’s main entrance. Among those who have grasped this opportunity for winning men for Christ are Christian business men: Ray A. Myers, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles; Clifford F. Smith, Charles Cooper, William Litzenberg and Daw son Trotman. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Alexander are directing this center. James McGinlay, formerly associated with work among service men at Fort Dix, N. J., is serving as Promotional Director in, the ministry to the spiritu ally hungry at Santa Anita. The Christian Service Organization
C. S. O. for "the Multitude” There wgre four thousand men, be sides women and children; and. Christ called them “a multitude" (Matt. 15: 32). ”1 have compassion on the multi tude,” He said. “I will not send them away fasting.” All through the years. His loving kindness has been extend ed, not only to individuals, but to the great masses of mankind as well. A “multitude” is now housed at Ar cadia, California, where Camp Santa Anita—one of the largest in the na tion—is located. It is a different “mul-' titude” from the ones that have gath ered there in other years. Before the war, thousands of pleasure-bent in dividuals traveled the short distance of sixteen miles from Los Angeles in order to observe or take part in the activities of the famed Santa Anita Race Track. In many an afternoon, as much as a million dollars would exchange hands. This “multitude” had little thought for Him, but Christ loved them. Following the events of Pearl Har bor, the race track and Its environs were used as' a camp for Japanese before their evacuation to more in land localities. It is less than a year
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“If God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, it is but a temporary ex pedient; for -His permanent plan is to give the- lamb power to grow a thick coat of wool which will de fend him against the winter blasts. “ Our God could undoubtedly pro vide for us a life free from all these things, if this were His election; but rather He has chosen to permit to us the wonderful ministry of adverse environment in order to more fully endear. Himself unto us.” Children’s Seaside Mission Due to war conditions and beach regulations, p l a n s for the coming summer session of the Children’s Sea side Mission cannot be announced in detail as yet. But official permission .has. been given and the workers are preparing to go, as the. Lord opens the way. The Children’s Seaside Mission is a summertime ministry of evangelism and Bible teaching sponsored by the Bible, Institute of Los Angeles. For the past twelve years, the Lord has wonderfully blessed this work. Last ydar,.at least a hundred chil dren, young people, and adults gath ered daily on the sand during the ten days of meetings, and as a result many decisions for Christ were made. In fact, the Lord gave more souls in this ten-day period than in the,longer sessions of prewar years. Young peo ple’s services and adult Bible classes were held in addition to the meetings on the sand for the boys and girls. This work is carried on, for the most part, by Bible Institute students un der faculty direction, and the aim is to reach the vast number of .children on the beaches and their families for Christ. The prayerful i n t e r e s t of KING’S BUSINESS readers may be the means of winning many for Him. This Month: Pray for Canada The cover picture this month calls attention to Canada, our neighbor to the north. It would be impossible to list the many fine evangelical and evangelistic agencies at work in this great country. It is hoped that readers will pray unitedly this month for Can ada, its leaders and its citizenry, and. especially for those “ of the household of faith.” C. E. Convention With attention c e n t e r e d in the theme, “Have Faith in God,” over 4,500 enthusiastic young ,people were welcomed in the Church of the Open Door, May 14 to 16, for the fifty-first annual convention of Los Angeles County Christian Endeavor. Among the speakers at the meetings was Harold J. Ockenga, popular youth leader and pastor of Park Street Con gregational Church, Boston. . ,
now trying to show to my wife His blessed joy and peace that I have come to know. I was shown your magazine by one of those who is work ing for Him down here, and I like it so well that I want my family at home. to read it also. Enclosed find money - order to include two annual subsCrip- ? tions. Whatever extra is left over, use to some advantage in helping put out the magazine so that more y ill come- to realize the omnipotent, glorious, and inevitable King Of kings, nur God.” x r The copy which the 'sergeant, read was a Child Evangelism Number. It carried on the cover the appealing picture of a little boy, with this cap tion: “The man of tomorrow needs the Saviour today.” Thank God for the ever-living Re deemer who is able to gave to the uttermost all who come Unto God by Him (Heb. 7:25). May it be that some who read these | lines will place their faith for the first time in Him who said: “Verily, verily, I say unto you> He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life” (John 5:24). Christ for America If the great revivals under D. L. Moody could spring from that dread ful period of Civil War that engulfed the North and the South, may it not be that amid the horror of this pres ent conflict there shall be born a re vival of the church of Jesus Christ and a mighty ingathering of precious souls? Among the Lord’s people who have become "most keenly aroused to this need is the Russian Jewish lawyer, Hyman Appelman, whose evangelistic ministry has been nation-wide. Last year, in Philadelphia, the Lord al lowed him to be used in a campaign in which pastors and workers of over 200 churches had fellowship. There were 85,000 individuals by actual count who made up the congregations during the three weeks of meetings. Friends who remember Mr. Appel- man’s recent visit!to Los Angeles will know that the thousands who listened to him in Philadelphia received the pure Word of God, dynamically pro claimed. Hundreds were born again. Mr. Appelman is now one of the leaders in , a national evangelistic movement to be known as “ Christ for America,” which contemplates con secutive city-wide campaigns through out the nation, following the Phila delphia plan. Pray for him and for those associated with him. Plead with God also for a..great love for souls to be given to every member of the body of Christ—a love that will travail in prayer for their sakes.
Yes, It Was Late Last month, friends were surprised to find that copies of THE KING’S BUSINESS Which ordinarily are mailed frqpi Los' Angeles soon after the twen ty-fifth of each month, were late in arriving. The printing of that particu lar issue was not only completed on time, but ahead of schedule. However, a government order affecting the pro cess of binding was necessarily given priority over all other work. Delays of this kind cannot be foreseen or avoided. The Lord has been very good to us in making possible, the month-by month publication of this Bible Family Magazine. There have been severe tests, due to the scarcity of help and other difficulties of production. Is. not this a time for all of us to learn new lessons of patience and of "trust? The Ministry of Adverse Environment Writing of “the ministry of adverse environment," J. Wilbur Chapman ob served: i “.God could have kept Daniel out of the lions’ den, but instead He kept him in the lions’ den. God could have kept the Hebrew children out of the fiery furnace, but instead He per mitted the flames to burn off their fetters, and then He Himself came down and walked with them in the fire. He could have kfept Paul and Silas out of the, Philippian jail; but He elected rather to bless them in the jail until the prison became an Eben- ezer to their souls and they were the instrument in His hands of leading the jailer to the Light. “ God could have saved Peter from being cast into prison by Herod, but He wanted to teach the church that prayer was a powetful instrument in the hands of His children. “ God could translate all His saints, as He did Enoch and Elijah, so that they should not see death, but rather He has planned to walk with them through the valley of the shadow so that they will fear no evil, and to bring them from that deep depression on up to the mountains of everlasting bliss.
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When God. Says "No” By PAUL HUTCHENS Waterloo, Iowa G OD’S “NO;” in answer to pray er, means, “Something better.”* That is the happy secret I have discovered after being denied one of
My yearifing was little short of agony as I cried out in prayer, my hands gripping the steering wheel des perately. “Now, O God! Now! I ask Thee. I expect Thee to heat me, I take . . . ” Yes, I tried to take by faith—• or what I hoped was faith—health from God. I sobbed brokenly. My soul reached up, like a baby bird with open mouth toward Him whom I loved, waiting for Him to drop from heaven the answer I needed. “This moment! Souls are d y i n g without Christ! Please, God! For Jesus’ sake!” . Had He not said, “If we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us” ? Surely it was His will for me to be well! It was the supreme desire of my life. If He did not answer today, a telegram would have to be sent, can celing my engagement. There was also the problem of providing for my wife, and for the new baby which was to arrive in a few months. The frogs in the pond on either side of the road continued their metallic pipings, gray clouds scudded lo w across the sky, with rtot one ray of sunshine straying through. For me there was no music, no light from the silent, murky heavens. In my mind there was ringing the seemingly cruel answer, “No, no, no!” I am sure God must have said it gent ly, but at that time it Seemed as if I had prayed to an impersonal, intangi ble Being who did not care—who could not care—He with whom I had com muned and whom I had known and loved so many years. I drove back to the city, discouraged and lonely, defeated. Days, weeks, months passed, during which time I continued in an attitude of expectan cy, hoping, praying, trying to believe,
the most earnest desires of my whole life. “O my Father!” I cried that after noon in 1929 at Santa Rosa, California, “I plead with Thee! Hear my prayer now! Now!” I was alone in my parked car on a quiet country road several miles from town. It was the rainy season and on either side of the road the ditches were full. Frogs piped their lonely melodies, songs I ordinarily loved to hear, but today they only intensified my despair and loneliness. Rain clouds hid the sun which was already Tow in .the west. Today, I thought, now, this moment, God will heal me. He must heal me! I was scheduled to conduct a union evangelistic mission in a Colorado town. Nearly one thousand persons had been born into the kingdom of God under my ministry the year be fore. As many more might be saved in each succeeding year of my life, if God allowed me to continue in the work for which He had trained me— and in which I had been so happy. But tuberculosis is no respecter of persons. I was already an advanced case. Only dod could come to the res cue. He must intervene or I would die, I thought. Surely He needed me on earth far more than in heaven; and He needed me now, not after I had “chased the cure” for years. The accompanying testtmony (the opening chapter in a book by the same name) is known to some readers of THE KING’S » BUSINESS . But it is reprinted, by request, for the sake of many to whom, in these war days , it will have a special message of com - fort,— EDITOR.
not knowing it is a better, purer faith that asks and trusts the living God to do what is right, than that which in sists upon an answer which may be out of harmony with His will and purpose. It is not unbelief to take “No” for an answer; to say, “Not my will, but Thine, be done.” The Saviour Himself prayed those words when He agonized that dark night in Gethsemane’s gar den. Such praying on our part, it seems to me, is faith indeed. Faith in His goodness, in His daily watch-care, in His plan for our lives, in Himself. His “No” that day and His contin ued “No” through the years has meant, “I have something better for you, My child; for you and for others.” [ Continued on Page 212]
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Does the Bible Institute Answer By SAMUEL H. SUTHERLAND*
church, among whom were church o f ficials, •Sunday-school officers, teach ers, and young people’s leaders, and all were graduates or former students of this Bible Institute. Such a testi mony could be repeated many times by ministers who have received real benefit in their churches through In stitute graduates. Most of the graduates, however, de ceive the .vision of, and go into full time Christian service, and the reports that constantly come back to the In stitute testify to the fact that these graduates are rendering most effective and worthwhile service for our Lord Jesus Christ Specialization for Today For those who desire to obtain a de gree, three courses are provided which, in four years’ time, qualify one to be come quite expert in his chosen field. There are three such courses avail able: one leading to the Bachelor of Theology degree; another to the Bach elor of Christian Education degree, and the third to the Bachelor of Sa cred Music degree. The granting of these degrees has.beeh authorized by the State of California. Students who have been graduated from the Insti tute with these degrees are giving a good account of themselves in their chosen fields of service. In this age
the Institute was founded are the same, and as firmly held today as in any preceding time. The goal, the pur pose, the reason for the existence of the Institute are all unchanged. But the methods are different today, and the scope of training, of necessity, has been enlarged. In ieality, this Bible Institute today is a Bible university,1 developed to meet modern conditions. There are seven distinct courses of fered, four of which lead to diplomas and three lead to degrees. The di ploma courses offer a thorough and comprehensive three-year study in the v a r i o u s fields of Christian service. They are designed primarily for the layman who is desirous of obtaining a solid foundation of Bible study. The three-year courses offered are: the general Bible Course, the Missionary Course, the Music Course, and the Christian Education Course. Many stu dents who have taken these three-year courses go'back to their communities and carry on a work in their local churches much better equipped for having spent their time at the Insti tute in the mastering of God’s Word. A minister in Southern California re cently testified to the valuable influ ence of the Bible Institute qf Los An geles upon his particular church. He cited at least ten of the leaders of his
T T HAS been said that the day of I Bible Institutes is past. In view of JL the fact that this is an age of specialization, the g e n e r a l training which Bible Institutes have g i v e n heretofore needs to be enlarged to meet present-day needs. Therefore, young people should attend schools which are equipped to meet the chal lenge of this generation. • . This article has been prepared for the purpose of acquainting friends of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles with the comprehensiveness of its teach ing schedule, the v a r i e d types of courses offered, and the many avenues of Christian service which Institute students are prepared to enter. A Comprehensive Curriculum Today’s n e e d s differ from those which existed in the early period of Institute life. Today graduates must meet other young people, of whom a large percentage'have been educated in the art, science, philosophy, soci ology, and psychology of this present age. The curriculum of the Bible In stitute of Los Angeles twenty-five years ago never would suffice for the needs of this present time. The Book is forever the same.. The message is identical. The principles upon which *Dean o f the Bible Institute'of Los Angeles .
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* during the past few years. Without doubt He has put His stamp of ap proval upon the testimony that has been given forth from this place. We face the future with, a calm, yet ,en thusiastic confidence that He"who has led hitherto will continue to establish “the work of our hands.” There will yet be hundreds of His own chosen vessels prepared, equipped, and quali fied spiritually, and academically to meet the challenge of the day—to pre sent Jesus Christ in a c o n v i n c i n g manner to the multitudes who are lost in the darkness of sin. MISSIONARY FERVOR Believing that even in these- dark war .days “there can be no mission ary dim-out,” but rather that these should be days of preparation for post-war missionary activities, the Church of the Open Door presented an eight-day “World in Los Angeles” program beginning April 25. Bible In stitute students and others had the benefit of hearing stirring messages from missionaries representing many fields. • This week of inspiration and chal lenge was climaxed on Sunday night, May 2, with a life investment' serv ice in which hundreds of young peo ple indicated either the making of new decisions or the renewal of form er ones, to take their places in the world’s great .harvest field, wherever the Lord shall send them.
LEFT: Dr. Sutherland and a group of Bible Institute students. BELOW: Young people at work in the In stitute library.
Encouraging pacts Conditions have changed. We are in a new generation, but the supporters of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles may feel confident thatt the work is progressing under the blessing of God. The Bible is being taught by earnest and capable men and women of God, and young people are responding to the call of the Lord in a most satis factory manner. During the years .1938 to 1942 a total of 347 young people were graduated from the In stitute. Of this number, 263, almost 76. per cent, are at present actively engaged in Christian work as their vocation or are studying in schools further preparing themselv.es for such service. This does not include a large number of young men who are now in the armed forces of the United States, but who have been and again will be giving all their time to Christian work when the war is over. The figures speak for themselves. The Bible Institute of Los Angeles
of specialization, these students have become specialists. The- effort is being made by the faculty to encourage personal re search among the Students. It is not ‘ sufficient for a faculty member to give out simply what the Bible teaches him, but the student, under the capa ble guidance .of the faculty mem ber, must discover for himself what the Bible actually , teaches. This type ’ of study is, in large measure, used by educators in the institutions of higher learning throughout the coun try. It is possible ■to carry on this type of instruction because of the ed ucational background of the majority of the students who attend the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. The records
the Need of the Present Day? reveal that whereas in 1922 approxi mately 50 per cent of the Institute students were high-school graduates, in 1942 almost 97 per cent of the stu dent body were high-school graduates, and many have had collège or uni versity work as well. These facts show how it is possible for the In stitute faculty to offer a type of ma terial which, in the Bible field, corre sponds to the collegiate material in the field of liberal arts and the sci ences. never before has faced a greater op portunity than it faces today. The Lord has led in a remarkable' way
Facing New Problems
The Institute today is faced with another condition, namely, the aver age age of its students. Whereas in the early years of Institute life the average age of the students was ap proximately twenty-five years, now the average age of the students Is twenty or less. The young person twenty years old has hardly become settled in his thinking or in his man ner of living. Thus the disciplinary problem has changed to some extent. The recreational situation which con fronts. the leaders of the Bible Insti tute has also changed, due to this condition. However, in many ways the youthfulness of the student body •makes possible the formation of very stable spiritual lives as students ma ture in their thinking and in their out look while in attendance at the Bible Institute.
The Civilian's Tremendous Responsibility 'By JAMES B. McLEROY Chaplain, United States Army Air Corps W E LIVE in a day of great re sponsibilities. This is a day in which slight actions pro duce drastic results. In the airplane a
Ruskin once said: “Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.” Experience has taught us that our system of education may find a hobo stealing a ride on a freight train, may run him through some of our schools, and he will then enter the office of the road and so manipulate the books that in the end he has stolen the railroad system. We have in America the largest public school system in the world. We have the most expensive college build ings, the most extensive curriculum to be found anywhere in the world. We are blind to our true course and going no whither. It seems that our system points to no specific outcome. You ask me: ‘‘What then is educa tion, what its purpose and aim?” I answer in the words'of S. F. Sco- vil:. “To know the laws of God in nature and revelation and then to fashion. the affections and .Will into harmony with those laws, this is education.” A man may acquire a mass of un related facts, know very' much about
teach us that it is now time to take stock of,the times in which we live and to make corrections. I would say the chief responsibility of our Civilian leaders is to do something about our God-dishonoring educational institu tions, about America’s pleasure mad ness, and about demanding that Bible truth be preached from the nation’s pulpits. Insuring True Education First of all, civilian leaders face an obligation to take action about Amer ica’s educational institutions t h a t deny or mock God in whose hand, the ’nation’s destiny rests. t One does not need to be very bril liant to realize what reception a state ment like that will receive in certain circles. The fact still remains, how ever, that a purely technical and ma terialistic training has failed. Either the spiritual man will be the man of tomorrow, or the coming order will be a terrible nightmare that will end civilization. This is the verdict of the vast majority of the great thinkers of the past, and it is most encouraging to see the ranks of this army of think ers growing rapidly today.
man can press a slight instrument and several tons of, destruction de scend upon either friends or foe. In certain places, one man has but to speak the word and thousands pay with their lives in answer to his com mand. The American people have- placed a great responsibility upon the nation’s armed forces. They have said to us, in effect: “Destroy from the earth those forces that would abolish our way of life.” While one can realize easily the task before the armed forces and the responsibility which rests upon our military leaders, there is, it seems, a greater responsibility resting upon the civilian leaders now. I realize that with a world situation changing very rap idly, it is difficult to form solid opin ions. Nevertheless history should The message appearing on these pages was preached at a morning service in 'the Chnrch of the Open Door. Los Angeles, during the time that Chaplain McLeroy w A stationed near Los Angeles. —EDITOR.
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many things, and yet not he an edu cated man in any sense of the word. If a man could name every star in any constellation and not know the “Bright and Morning Star”—Jesus Christ the Son of God—he is not a well-rounded man. What matters it if he know all that Botany can teach him, even unto the naming of every flower, and yet not know “The Rose of Sharon” or the “Lily of the Valley” ? Why should a man call himself edu cated who by research has found but a few of God’s laws and yet does riot know the God who formed thé laws? As Jesus Christ once drove the money changers out of the temple, so should the real red-blooded men 6f America, drive out of our halls of learning all who pose as teachers, poisoning the minds of America against the God who has made üs a great nation. America has given and will con tinue to give to its teachers our most cherished thing—the minds of our boys and girls; so it seems to me Ifcat at least we should demand that our youth be left at the end of their school years with their faith intact. Secular education first divorced morals from religion and then denied the validity of both Christian faith and ethics. It called in question all spiritual and moral values. In other words,' secular education has become a hydra-headed monster that, has turned upon its founder and chief pro tagonist, the church. This practice must stop and stop now. A Check upon Unrestrained Pleasure Further, it is the civilian’s responsi bility to do something about America’s pleasure madness. When I talk about these things, I feel like the messengers sent out by Joshua:’ "as grasshoppers . . . in their sight.” However, there are two things which give me courage: First, I re
member that Goliath was much larger than David, but you know the out come of that fight, or do you? If not, read 1 Samuel 17:38-51. Second, I am recommending this fight for civilians. But one may ask, How shall we judge our pleasures? Here is a sug gested standard: “Pleasure must first have 'the warrant that it is without sin; then the measure, that it is with out excess.” Many things are inno cent enough per se. Put them to ex cess and the act becomes sinful. “Would you judge of the law fulness or unlawfulness of pleas ure, take this rule: Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, ob scures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength of your body over your mind, that is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.” Why should we ask people to re study and reconstruct Americas pleas ure program? Because sinful and for bidden pleasures are like poisoned bread! They fill for the time being, but bring death in the end. History teaches us that nations who have given themselves over to pleasure are the nations who have gone down in ignominious defeat, and some of them are not now able to stir the sand that has had them buried for these long millenniums, while the groans and cries of others can be heard today, calling for deliverance at our hands. It was not the pleasure-seeking crowd who pushed our frontiers west, conquered the plains, spanned the deserts, harnessed the matchless power of wild mountains, and made our continent safe for mothers and children. It was, I believe, the solid men and women with an'unshakable faith in and a wholesomle fear of a great and good God, whom they wor shiped.
Just so we will keep the land safe and strong, to the extent that we find our pleasures within the realm of His will. God grant that we of America may soon say: “My delight is in thy law, O God.” Bible Truth in the Pulpit A third important responsibility of civilian leaders in America is to do something about demanding Bible truth to be preached from our pulpits. Why should we be so concerned about the pulpits? ■Not many people go to church anyway. Again we turn to the master of words, Dániel Web ster: “Though we live in a reading age and in a reading community, yet the preaching of the gospel is the form in which human agency has béen and still is most effica ciously employed for the spiritual improvement of men.” Yes, preaching does have, its place and mission. But its mission is not to supply the defects of human intel ligence. The preacher who stands in his sacred place and makes an at tempt to analyze world news is at once faced with world news' analysts who know more about that field than it is possible for the preacher ever to learn. If he attempts to dwell too much on literature, the local college professor has' forgotten more than the preacher can ever know. Surely the minister will not try to discuss stocks and bonds to the utter disgust of his broker friend or member. Why talk about the therapeutic value of certain drugs when any physician knows he cannot be correct. The most despica ble type is the kind who tries to be a comedian. T o listen to some dis courses, one would think the minister was running a poor second to a broken-down stage hand. I think Massilon about summed up the question when he said: [ Continued an Page 237] -
, If we of the military forces complete our task in one, two, t hr ee , or yet five years and come home —■ if we do come home—-we have every right to expect certain things from you who have be en at home in safety. — CHAPLAIN McLEROY.
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By W . GRAHAM SCROGGIE Spurgeon’s Tabernacle London, England
worthy purpose unaccomplished, and of divine design frustrated. I doubt not that Haran was a good place in which to liver There would be plenty of rbom and food for man and beast, and thus the family decided to sojourn there for a while, always in tending to continue the journey later on, but always putting off that event until for Terah it was too late. Not until after his death did Abram a»d Lot and their families go into Canaan. Terah, like all the others, fleft Ur of the Chaldees; but, unlike them, he never entered into the Land. He came out, but he did not go in. He made a goal of a stopping-place on the way. Being the head of the' family and their lord, he impeded the progress of them all while he lived. No Christian can stop like that on the journey without delaying others also, “for none of us liveth to himself” (Rom. 14:7). Two Great Crises In the life of Jacob, however, there were two great crises — the one at Bethel, when he was leaving home,
The Scriptures have three things to say to us with the utmost clearness: first, that God would deliver us from the bondage of sin; second, that He would bring us into a life of freedom and victory; and third, that it is pos ible for us to answer to His first pur pose, and fail of His second. And these three thoughts are all in this text, “He brought us out . . . that He might bring us in.” At the time Moses said that, the Israelites were “out” of Egypt, but they were not yet “in” the Land. Many never entered into Ca naan, but perished in the wilderness. This reflects the spiritual history of a multitude. Good Intentions Unfulfilled This experience, in part or the whole, is traceable through the ages. When Terah and his family left Ur of the Chaldees, their objective was the land which God had promised to show them. But the record tells us that “they came unto >Haran, and dwelt there . . . and Terah died in,Haran” (Gen. 11:31, 32). Here is an illustra tion of good intention unfulfilled, of
"He brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in" (Deut. 6:23). W ITHOUT exaggeration, t h i s . . . that he might bring us in.” God’s action and His intention in the his tory of Israel are here brought to gether. “He brought us out” of Egypt —there is the action; “that he might bring us” into Canaan—there is the intention. , Now, as “whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Rom. 15:4), we may ex pect to see in.the- essential purpose of God for Israel His purpose for all His people in all time, and thus for us as Christians today'. Especially to friends who remember the min istry of Dr. Scroggie in the Church of the Open Dooft Los Angeles, as well as dn other American cities that he visited, this message tram jha w i\v*i wM hrina uisviraXian and joy. n was prinrea some time ago in me juixcf o f Faith, a British publication. —EDITOR. S
brief statement may be said to summarize the message of the whole Bible. “He brought us out
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The “ carnal” Christian acknowledges a Saviour but not a Lord. The “spirit ual” Christian has both a Saviour and a Lord. The "cafnal” Christian has stuck between the Passover and Pente cost; he is on the right side of the cross, but on the wrong side of the throne. He has life, but not liberty. He is out of Egypt, but he is not in Canaan. ■ Thespractical question for us is this: What is our relation to the purpose of God for us? To begin with, are we Christ’s .at all? Have we ever repented of sin and turned to God for for giveness? Have we ever by faith re ceived Christ, the life? It is possible for one to have a keen interest in thè Christian religion without being a Christian. It is possible for one to be a devoted church member without be longing to Christ. It is even possible for one to be in the Christian ministry and yet not be converted. Nothing can be a substitute for saving grace (Acts 16:31). Many Christians are tramps, not travelers; they are wanderers and not pilgrims. They are out of Egypt, but they are not in Canaan—they have stuck in the wilderness. The Holy Spirit is calling all such forthwith to “pass clean over Jordan” (Josh. 3:17) into the land of our inheritance. For this end were we redeemed. God brought us out that He might bring us in; and as by faith we came out, so by faith we must enter in. Shall we make the words of a fa miliar hymn* our prayer in this hour: ■"Out of my bondage, sorrow and night, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light, ■ Jesus, I come to Thee; Out of my sickness, into Thy health, Out of my want and into Thy wealth, Out of my sin and into Thyself, Jesus, I come to Thee. “Out -of my shameful failure and loss, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into the glorious gain of Thy cross, Jesus, I come to Thee. Out of e,arth’s sorrow, into Thy balm, Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm, Out of distress to jubilant psalm, Jesus, I come to Thee; “Out of unrest and arrogant pride, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into Thy blesspd will to abide, Jèsus, I come to Theé; Out of myself, to dwell in Thy love, Out of despair into raptures above, Upward Tor aye on wings of a dove, Jesus, I come, to Thee.” - “He brought Us out from thence, that he mightybring us in.” Are you out? If you are “ but,” are you “in” ? If you are not “ in,” why not? If you are not “in,” • come in. , * Copyright,' 1915. Renewal. Hope publish - ina Comodini, owner. Used by permission .
all the Old Testament, .is continued also in the New. All the Epistles are addressed to believers, to converted men and women, and in all of them we are face to face with the disparity between what we are and what we should be. When the apostles speak of Christian experience, their thought moves on a very high level; but when they speal^ of the experience of Chris tians, the level is changed. Every true Christian has come “ out,” ' but not every one has gone “in” ! Paul1 makes it clear that one may cease to be “natural” without becoming “spirit ual”—that a Christian may throughout life remain “ carnal.” Between Egypt and.Canaan lies a wilderness in which regenerated souls may wander through life. It is tragically possible to haye a saved soul, and a lost life. Full Salvation I am one of those who take the view that the closing verses of Romans. 7 refer to the experience of Paul subse quent to his conversion, and that the reference is to a wilderness experience between first salvation and full sal vation. But what, follows, in Romans. 8, shows that 'a life of victory in Christ is God’s intention for us all. Each of us is living under one or other of three powers— the power of sin, or of self, or of the Spirit: The unconverted soul is under the power of sin and self. The unyielded Chris tian is under; the power of self, and only he who is fully yielded to God is living in the power of the Spirit. QUEST By HELEN FRAZEE-BOWER Vainly along the avenues of time. In secret or abroad. My questing eyes sought ever for one face— The face of God. Never among the milling tides of men Was He, nor even where His handiwork in sea or mountain loomed: Though ALMOST there. I saw gold suns burn high and fade to dusk, I felt the sudden night Loose throngs of stars and sighed, “He will be here"— But never, quite. And then I came unto a lonely hill, A place called Calvary: There was a Cross, a Light, and then there was The end of ME. The quest is over and 1 seek no more: That moment has sufficed To show me God forever in -the face Of Jesus Christ.
and the other at Peniel, when he was returning home. Jacob’s experience that night at Bethel wrought a spirit ual change in him .which was the equivalent of what we call conversion. Up to that time, he had had no vision. So occupied had he been with the local and material that he had re mained insensible to the vast and the spiritual. But that night, on the scar red upland where Bethel Stood, he got a 'glimpse of another world. He heard the voice, divine, and life could never be quite .the same again. The next day was in his spiritual experience a new day for him, and much would depend on what he did -then. What he should have done is clear. The thing that every man and woman should, do the day after conversion is to put right, so far as possible, what is wrong. The first effect of get ting right with God should be the getting right with our fellows. Now Jacob had grievously wronged both Isaac and Esau, and at this very time was fleeing from the wrath of his brother. After that Bethel vision, he should have retraced his steps, and by confession and renunciation have remedied, the wrong in so far as that was possible. But that was not what he did. He continued his journey to Padan-aram, and was there for the next twenty years, and the kind of life he lived there is recorded in Genesis 29-31. His duplifcity and craftiness durirjg that period were in spite of what he had seen and heard at Bethel, and during all those years he was disobedient to the heavenly vision. In a real sense he had come out of his Beersheba ex perience, ,but he had not entered into his Hebron experience. On the way home, however, God met him again, and by the brook Jabbok was completed what was be gun at Luz. Many have been at Bethel who have never been at Peniel. It is possible to go to the “house of God,” Bethel, without seeing the “face of God,” Peniel. It is possible, as Jacob did, to put twenty years between one’s conversion and one’s full sur render to the will of the Lord. Jacob’s own case is better than Terah’s, in that he did eventually reach the goal; but, in doing so, he lost twenty years of his life—years which, in one sense, never could be recovered. Then, there is the illustration of the Israelites to which the text refers. God, by a wondrous demonstration of His power, had delivered them from Egyptian bondage, and guided them to the margin of the land of promise. There, they rebelled and returned to the wilderness, where they wandered for thirty-eight years, and where a whole generation perished. God had brought them all out, but half of them never went in. This sad story, which runs through
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