August 1928
T h e
K i n g ’ s
B u s i n e s s
460
to look as though his latest strategy has been to sow dragon’s teeth from one end of Christendom to the other. “ I f y e bite and devour one another,” writes the' Apostle Paul, "take heed that ye be not consumed one o f another.” A striking thing is to be noticed in the last exhorta tion of James (5 :8-9), when he bids them be patient and stablished in heart, "fo r the coming o f the Lord draweth nigh.” There is a .special word for those living in the days just before His coming. It is o f all times the most inopportune time to start "speaking evil one-of another” ( 4 : 1 1 ), for it will retard soul-winning work, and cause
that state. It may have some value for the less evolved. Most of those I meet daily are lower than I in the scale of evolution. I have progressed beyond them and this progress brings a certain isolation. The aims these church people are pursuing in life are childish to me, with the fuller knowledge which has come to me. I find I have to make an effort to come down to their level. There are very few with whom I can enjoy satisfying communion. If I talked naturally at my level, they would not under stand me. My normal line of thought is altogether above the masses. I f this is my case, what must be that of the great leaders of Theosophy? They are as far above me as I am above the rabble. “ But why write all this,
h a v e d o n e it to be ashamed at His appear ing. Is this not a mes sage for our day? “ Be hold, the Judge standeth before the door!” It is sad indeed to see so many gifted Chris tian l e a d e r s devoting themselves to t e a r i n g d o w n the 1 a b o r s’ of others. . This is no less true in Great Britain than it is in our own, land. A great con troversy now divides the Fun damentalist forces of that na tion because of charges of modernism hurled at the hon ored leaders of the Keswick Convention. As the result of articles published by . a well- known . Christian, j o u r n a l (London), suspicion has. been aroused throughout the . land. No. one seems to know just what it. is all about. Insinua tion and innuendo injected in to the minds of the' people have been left to fester in the dark until it has been made to appear that Dr. Stuart Holden and his associates at Keswick have become Modernists. The Convention directors' h a v e been obliged repeatedly to af firm their absolute fidelity tb the Word of God and to in sist that no modernism ever has or ever will be tolerated. Still the attacks continue and soul-winning work all o v e r England must suffer tremen dous set-backs as a result. A recent issue, o f The Christian (London ), brings us the full, account of how the re ports concerning K e s w i c k were Started. It- seems to be
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again? You refuse to become interested and I shall on ly■ bore you. “ Your affectionate son.” Comment upon the above seems unnecessary. It is hard to conceive o f such colossal egotism or such utter blind ness ! ■How can one fail to be lieve in a personal devil after reading such an effusion? Is this not the “ strong delusion” which in the latter days is predicted to come upon men "with all deceivableness o f un righteousness in them that per ish, because they receive not the love o f the truth that they might be saved” ? (2 Thess. 2 : 10-1-1.) Could the unaided human mind conceive the idea of arguing down the Christian experience o f the centuries and setting the views o f Mrs. Besant above the teachings and experiences o f our divine Lord and Hi? Spirit-taught Apostles? Yet, is such a case .beyond the reach of prayer? May’ God burden our hearts more and more that we may carry such deluded people on the stretcher o f our faith, to the feet of Jesus! D r a g o n ’ s T e e th AV E you ever heard the old fable of the brave Cadmus who s l e w a fierce dragon with his javelin and was directed to take its teeth and Sow them in the ground? As the story runs, he had
you■ Commandments of Church Decorum I. Thou shalt not come to service late, , Nor for the Amen refuse to wait. II. Thy noisy tongue thou shalt- restrain When speaks the organ its refrain. III. But when the hymns are sounded out, Thou shalt lift up thy voice and shout. IV. The endmost seat thou shalt leave free, For more to share the pew with thee. -' V. . The offering-plate thou shalt not fear, But give thine uttermost with cheer. VI. Thou shalt this calendar peruse,, And look here for,'the church’s news. VII. Thou shalt the minister give heed, Nor blam.e him when thou’rt disagreed. VIII. Unto thy neighbor thou shalt bend, And, if a stranger, make a friend. IX. Thou shalt in every way be kind, ’Compassionate, of tender mind. X. And so by all thy spirit’s grace, Thou shalt show God within this place.* — Dr. J. H. Holmes.
hardly done so when the clods began to move, and the points o f spears appeared above the surface. Next came up helmets with their nodding plumes, and then a har vest o f armed warriors. They commenced a war among themselves and' fought until nearly all were slain. The Scriptures tell us that in the last days Satan will know that he has but a short time (Rev. 12 :12). We may count upon it that his emissaries will leave no stone unturned to hold back the completion of the Body o f Christ and to create confusion in Christendom. It begins
the old story o f the thirst of a few militant leaders for power. As the story is given in The Christian, it appears that for some years the paper which has hurled the charges, has published the Keswick addresses and later combined them in book form. The publication was never made the official organ of the convention. Out.of some thirteen col- ums o f bewildering verbiage in the accusing journal, one finally unearths the real complaint, which is that "without consulting the proprietors and the editor, the convention
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