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THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NE S S
December, 1942
Significance of the News By DAN GILBERT Washington, D. C., and San Diego, California
A RETURN TO HONEST TOIL: • The war is making work “respect able” in America again. For a long time, the avoidance of honest' toil had been looked upon as a mark of social distinction. To many, a college "edu cation had no meaning except to equip one for a “white collar job.” The war has restored a high sense of dignity to labor which is performed with one’s hands. Farm boys used to seek to “escape” to the city, under the delusion that work on the farm was, if not “degrading,” at least of inferior worth as compared to other lines of endeavor. Today the farmer and the farm hand occupy an honored place in the nation’s productive forces. It has been a long time in process of accomplishment, but the discredit ing of the uriscriptural and I'.w.ayo- nomic “five-day-week” seems about to be completed. This delusion died hard. But it now appears to be largely a thing of the past. The theory of the1thirty-hour, five- day week was that man would spend the major part of his time in ease and pleasure-seeking. Work would be an avocation—not a vocatiofn. Today Americans as a whole are again putting their heart and mihd and zeal and enthusiasm into their work. Work is again the center and [ Continued on Page 448]
A RESTORATION OF HOME LIFE: • Americans will spend more time in their homes, as the war crisis deepens. With automobiles in *the garages or otherwise in disuse, with air-raid pre cautions i n c r e a s i n g l y observed throughout the nation, with many amusement centers made inaccessible or closed for the duration, the average American will of necessity spend more time at home. Of course, ’ the call of millions of men—and especially young men—to the colors will tend to break up many homes, temporarily. But even the ab sence of brothers, husbands, and fathers should act to reinforce the family circle and bring those who stay at home closer to God. Gasoline rationing will have an especially b e n e f i c i a l effect upon youths of high-school age. It will go a long way toward ending the “age off-laming youth.” '
IN THE WAKE OF WAR: • Every Christian knows, in a meas ure at least, the horrors of war. Every true Christian prays that, if it be in accordance with the will of God, this war may be brought' speedily to a righteous termination. All about us, thé prophets of doom seem almost to delight in elaborating upon the perils which may accom pany or follow the war: the perils of inflation, of unbearable taxation, of food shortages, of regimentation, of woe of a thousand varieties'. In the midst of such an atmosphere of gloom and foreboding, it is worth while to consider some of the benefits which may come to the American people, as a result of this tempestuous period through which we are passing. It is true, of course, that we could have chosen most of these benefits in time of peace. But we chose instead to spurn them. They are now forced upon us by the very nature of war.
Eighth Annual TORREY MEMORIAL BIBLE CONFERENCE "G od is Calling all Christians to Rouse Up and Go to Work, W itnessing for Christ"—R, A. Torrey
Today B IOLÁ is meeting this challenge by training young men and women to take their God-appointed place.
• COMMEMORATING the service of Biola’s early leaders, Reuben Archer Torrey, First Dean of the Institute, and others. • SHARING in fellowship and spiritual enrichment. • JANU ART 24 through 31, 1943. • ¿ 0
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