T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S THE ANSWER.TO FAITH Dr. Judson labored diligently for six years in Burmah before he baptized a convert. At the end of three years, he was asked what evidence he had of ultimate success. He replied, “As much as there is a God who will fulfil all His promises.” A hundred churches and thousands of converts already answer his faith. .p in ............................. ......mi.............................. .... I TESTIMONIALS | From Edgar E. Strother, | Gen. Sec’y United Society of | g~ Christian Endeavor for China. j 1 Dear Brother Brooks: ! | Desiring to do what we could |- I to increase the circulation of your | i excellent magazine among mis- | I sionaries in China, at this time | when its clear testimony for the j i truth is so much needed, we have g I inserted a page advertisement in j f the C. E. topic booklet for 1921. § f We did not have time to consult | | you about this. We had a cut | | made from the cover of the March a 1 copy. Praying for God’s blessing g 1 upon your far-reaching and im- | | portant ministry, I am, with cor- | 1 dial greetings in Christ, I Faithfully yours, g 1 .. EDGAR E. STROTHER. | •| # * * •f From M. I. Tefts, Philadelphia, :,| Pa. '■ 1 I To the Editor: - , g jf i On the eve of my departure to j | the seaside for a little while a | 1 package was left at my door by a g 1 neighbor, containing, four num- = 1 bers of The King’s Business.” I | | had never seen or heard of it. I '"’1 1 have access to many other period- g 1 icals, but—-what was this? I be- | | gan to read one and could not put j I it aside. It was just what I = 1 needed. I felt I was among dear | | friends. Truly “His Word quick- g | eneth.” I said to my neighbor, | 1 “How could you keep those maga- j I zines from me so long?” She re- g 1 plied, “I could not bear to part . | | with them.’' I only had four | \ | square meals and I want more, g 1 When you have had bread, you | simply cannot go on husks. SOME RATHER STRIKING § |
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were given to God’s professing people as the means whereby they might serve Him. Yet, if they kept;them all, or seemed to keep them as good men do outwardly, they were not thereby saved. They were saved wholly by reason of the fact that they repented of their sin when they offered sacrifice for it, and were forgiven by His grace. Salvation in the past dispensation as truly as in the present, was “not of works, lest any man should boast,” but “according to His mercy” He saved them of that day, and us of this day (Eph. 2:9; Titus 3:5). Try as hard as Israel could, they could not keep God’s law, and there fore their only hope was in His grace. But when they deliberately broke His law, and served idols instead of Him, they showed that they did not fear to displease Him, that they did not desire His grace, and therefore incurred His righteous judgment. The law brings condemnation upon all who fail to keep it, both good and bad,- for “cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them” (Gal. 3:10). But in the case of the former, God’s grace, because of their penitence, re moves the condemnation; while in the. case of the latter, there is no grace to remove the condemnation, because there is no penitence, and the con demnation takes eternal effect. The law is the “ministration of death” to all men.” j | | H= IDOLS IN THE HEART A man’s idol is not necessarily an im age of gold; it may be a child of clay, the fruit of his own loins, or the wife of his bosom; it may be wealth, fame, posi tion, success, or business, any thing which absorbs unduly the affections and attefllion. Against all srijh the Al mighty pronounces the decree, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” and hurls His resistless missiles of de struction. Either ourselves or our idols must be destroyed.
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