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THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NESS of the angels of God, to our Lord Himself. We will take pleasure in re sponding to any one who would like some simple suggestions as to practical methods of doing this work, and assure you it is the greatest privilege ever accorded the saints and has the largest possibilities in fruitage. “ Let us work while it is called today, the night cometh.” —T. C. H. P R O F I T I N G From the Mone;? o f the Profiteer Rev. Dr. Samuel Zane Batten has issued the following statement: tEvery Baptist Church should know whether any of its members are engaged in this nefarious business of profiteering,” said Dr. Batten. “ The church should refuse the dirty money of these people. No self-respecting church would tolerate in its fellowship a person known to be guilty of highway robbery or horse stealing and the sin of profiteering is meaner, blacker and more sinful than either of these The church must make the will of God very plain on this subject.” Good for Dr. Batten. We say “ Amen” and trust that the Baptist churches will respond cordially to the call. But there is another meaner, blacker, more dastardly business than this of the profiteers and that is the business of using the money of devoted Christ-loving people; money that has built churches and institutions; hard earned money put upon God’s altar for the glory of His Son,—the using of this money for Satanic purposes, turn ing these churches and institutions over to higher critic teachers and preachers and missionaries to do the devil’s work of undermining the faith of boys and girls, young men and women and older ones also; using these funds for the propaganda of another gospel which is not a gospel; a gospel which God Himself through the Apostle Paul, declares brings with it the Anathema. Against thig business let every loyal follower of our Lord cry out: “ Don’t waste any of your money on this profiteering business. If you do you will have cause for sorrow, for against this business God has declared a curse. ’ ’ Now let every true believer who reads this say “ Amen.”—T. C. H. ^1^ ^ ¡^ H Y T A R R Y the Wheels of H is Chariot? In Deborah’s song of triumph, (Judges 5:28) there is a poetic and pathetic allusion to the expectant mother of Sisera as she looks through her latticed window and listens for the rumbling wheels of her son’s returning chariot. The singer conceives her as saying, “ Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels o f his chariots?” She had doubtless sent him forth with maternal misgiving and offered many prayers to her gods for his safe return. Alas, she was foredoomed to disappointment. Her warrior was lying dead in the tent of Jaei the wife of Heber the Kenite, slain not in battle but in slumber and by a woman’s hand. The church o f Christ like a lonely virgin has waited long and patiently for the coming of Him to whom she has plighted her troth. He went away into a far country to receive a kingdom, leaving with her a promise of His return. Like another Mariana in the moated grange, the flight‘of years has deepened her disappointment. ‘ ‘ My life is dreary, he cometh not, she said. ’ ’ “ Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?” His saints like those who waited for Zacharias, have marvelled that he tarrieth so long in the temple. (Luke 1:21).
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