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THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S in fa ir, is th e dynam ic of v ita l C hris tia n ity— th e k in d of C h ristia n ity th a t send s o u t on Je ric h o R oad sheep th a t seek su ccu len t a n d w holesom e grass, ra th e r th a n g o ats th a t w a n t to nose b e h in d every rock, sniff lih id inou sly in to every d a rk by-way, a n d e a t from every b ram b le or g arb ag e heap w ith in reach. N eith er go at-salv ag e n o r n u rsin g ra b b its, is th e seriou s concern of th e chu rch es of C h rist— b u t “ a new crea tu r e ” in C h rist Jesu s. W e a re confident Dr. C arlile holds sim ila r view s con cern ing th e fu n d a m e n ta l bu sin ess of C h ristia n ity , b u t we a re glad to give th em th e em phasis of o u r own v ersion of Je ric h o Road.-— W e ste rn R ecorder. ■ ■ . ¿S> 8 » A MODERN LAZARUS RA ISED ’ H H E Rev. S am uel C hadw ick in has first call to a city ch u rch placed a g re a t d eal of confi dence in his 'n a tu ra l re sources, b u t th e se soon, be cam e ex h au sted w ith n o th in g ac-. com plished, w hich drove h im back upon th e reso u rces of God. H e w as led of th e S p irit of God to re a d th e W ord in o rd e r to find o u t th e m ethod by w hich' th e L o rd w an ted H is w o rk done. H e cam e to th e re su rre c tio n of L azaru s an d found th a t c e rta in ev en ts follow ed th a t re su rre c tio n w hich exact ly fitted w h a t he w an ted . H e n o ted th a t w hen L azaru s w as ra ise d from th e d ead a g re a t crow d of people cam e to B eth any , n o t so m uch th a t th e y m ig h t see Jesu s, b u t th a t th e y m ig h t see L aza ru s w hom H e h a d ra ise d from th e dead ; b u t th e rise n L a z a ru s w as so n e a r Je su s th a t th e y saw Je su s also. T hen thqy w en t aw ay a n d believed on Je su s because of w h a t th e y h ad seen in Laza ru s. Im m ed iately he, i n com pany w ith o th e rs, s ta rte d to p ra y and th e y alw ays ad d ed th is p e titio n to th e ir list of re q u e sts: “L o rd , send u s a L azaru s, a m an so long d ead a n d b u rie d in sin th a t h e h as b egun to stin k , a m an
whose w ickedness h as becom e an of fence u n to th e people, a m an w ho is given over as hopeless. Save th e w o rst m an in th is tow n .” And God , did it. T h e m an cam e one S a tu rd a y n ig h t. So fa r as th e m an could re m em ber he h a d n ev er been in sid e a house of w orship. H e w as th e te rro r of th e neig hbo rhood . On one occasion fo r a w ag er h e h ad h is h a n d s tie d be h in d h is b ack a n d fo u g h t a ferocious E n g lish bulldog w ith no w eapon b u t his te e th . H e did som e of th e m o st ex tra o rd in a ry th in g s o u t of sh eer deviltry. H e w as n o t saved th e first n ig h t. B u t a fte r a few w eek s one Sunday m o rn ing th e g re a t big fellow w alk ed dow n th e aisle a n d flung h im self upon his knees a t th e comm union ra il. T he m an was saved. T he n ex t m o rn in g a t h aif-p ast fo u r h e w as back a t th e q u a rry w here he w orked a n d to ld ev ery m an on th e job w h a t h a d h appened. A nd tho se m en who d ared n o t lift a finger ag ain st him in h is u n re g e n e ra c y b egan to ta u n t h im m o st cruelly. H e stood th e te s t splend id ly fo r a few days, th e n one day w hile th e y w ere b lastin g , a g re a t ro ck slipped an d c a u g h t th e first finger of h is rig h t h a n d a n d jam m ed it q u ite badly. B efo re Bob (fo r th a t w as his n am e ) knew w h a t he -was saying, o u t came a g re a t o ath . T h e big ro u g h -h e a rte d chaps said, “ Poor Bob, le t u s w rap it u p .” The te a rs w ere on Bob’s face as h e said, “ N ay; I h av e a b ig g er w ound th a n th a t; we w ill h av e th a t done first.” And su rro u n d e d by h is w o rkm an , he k n e lt down, clasped h is h an d s, a n d w ith the blood stre am in g down his a rm he called u n to God fo r forgiveness. W hen th e peace cam e he go t up a n d said : “ I t is all rig h t, m ates, God h as fo r given m e f now you can w rap i t u p .” W hen Bob cam e to th e m eetin g th e next S unday you w ould have th o u g h t th a t th e lo rd m ayo r and c o rp o ratio n w ere com ing. A ll th e w ay down th e stre e t - th e y stood th re e a n d fo u r deep to see
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