King's Business - 1919-11

THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 989 (4) Do you believe in the shed blood of Jesus Christ as the God-provided and sufficient atonement for sin? (5) Do you believe in the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ, and in the physical resurrection of those who believe in Him as Saviour and Lord? If the answer to any of these questions is “ no,”—then you know that the seed of unbelief and denial of the Word of God is being taught, and you know what the probable consequences will be in the present and future life of your children. You have a right and should assert it concerning the teaching of your children also in the Sunday School, and if you are faithless in this you are recreant to the great responsibility imposed on you in becoming parents. You have a right and should assert it with your minister, and if he is a true man and a believer in the whole Word of God, he will highly honor you for asking him. But if he is not a true believer, he will probably evade the question, or equivocate, or get angry,—but hold him to an answer* and if he denies the infallible Word of God show him what Webster says of such a man in his definition of an infidel. If you are faithful in this momentous matter, your children may rise up and call you blessed, but if you shirk your responsibility they may rise up to curse you. Of what avail will be your prayers if you do not use the definite, prac­ tical means afforded you. Help God save your children by asserting your rights.—T. C. H. T H E Moving Picture Ckurckes I t ’s a craze, sure enough. Everybody seems to be either in it, or for it. The churches are engaged now in elevating it. Well—it needs it badly enough. It surely is somewhat low down in many instances. It is now the “ great educator” and needs a lift to spiritual heights; so they are open­ ing the Sunday School service with a movie stunt in order to gather the children. This enables them po save a nickel and go to two shows in the afternoon! Of course, after the churches elevate the business, the young people will not want to see any of the low-down pictures; they will be educated so high that they will view with scorn even the advertisements, and will turn their heads when passing the doors of these inferior places! Human nature loves to be elevated. It only needs to be shown some­ thing more refined, and immediately it takes a shoot upward. The Bible ought to be suppressed for maligning human nature. It cannot be bad at heart! It has only needed the movies and preachers who have been ele­ vated themselves from the low degree to the 32nd degree, and all will be well. All of which reminds us of the battle we had in the Y. M. C. A. years ago when it was decided that the billiard table in the Association would elevate the young men and remove them entirely from the degrading asso­ ciations in the ordinary pool rooms. Some secretaries had sense enough to know that all you have to do is to create an appetite in young men and boys and they will soon seek the atmosphere which accompanies the pool room. A pool room under nice regulations and in a refined atmosphere soon becomes a fool room, and the Y. M. C. A. pool room soon became a school

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