THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 751 the ministry; and these seminaries—all combined—cannot furnish enough men to meet the growing yearly need of the increasing population; then L, 1S Obvious that there is- something materially wrong with the machine. nere is a failure in functioning somewhere. Perhaps th&re is too much gas and not enough gasoline. Perhaps the training schools are turning out the wrong kind of mechanics and they are trying to run the machine in the air instead of on the earth. There is evidently a lack of ballast. It is a little strange at a time when the commercial and industrial inter ests are going forward with good progress that the greatest business in the world, and^ the business that is the foundation of all prosperity in other .lines God s business —should he run in such a slipshod fashion. Have we too many “ jawsmiths” and not enough blacksmiths,—men that can handle the hammer instead of men that beat the air? Is the machine getting top-heavy? Well, then, le t’s take off the top, and get somewhere. Whose business is this anyhow ? God’s business. Are there any direc tions or instructions for carrying on the business, and who has issued them? Are the orders in the Order Book—the Bible? Well, then, le t’s get down the old Book and see what they are. Let us find out what is wrong. What kind of mechanics are demanded to run the machine? Turn to the instructions given to Timothy and Titus and you will soon find out what the matter is. Someone has been throwing dust into the eyes of the people —devil-dust. Where did these mechanics get that dust? In the theological dust-factory. What should we do? Show them the orders, and if they do not follow them, discharge them. Who is it pays the bills? The people. Whose people? God’s people, bought with a blood price. Can the orders be modified? No. Must the orders be carried out? Yes. 'By whom? By. God’s people,—the men and women of the church, the people who make sacrifices, the bone and sinew, the people who must answer to God. Look at the Picture! If there are nearly fifty thousand vacant churches in ouf country need ing ministers, and other thousands which are presided over by ministers that know not or care not for the orders which God has given to His ministers, then there are millions of hungry people who ought to be fed. We have responded gladly to the cry of the millions.in the Near Bast and in China, but our ears seem to be closed to the cry that comes from our own land from people famishing for the Bread of Life. Do you see the multitudes? “ Give ye them to eat!” Men and women of the church,— you are the church; you are the responsible ones; you have a duty, God-given. Make a demand upon the leaders that the starving shall be fed, and make it now! And pray— pray that God will open the eyes- of the “ blind leaders of the blind” who have assumed places of leadership and authority in the Church of God, but who are unfaithful to the ministry which has been com mitted to them. Love all men—but be loyal to the truth of God! Be a good soldier of the cross! Fight the good fight of fa ith! Upon the laity of the church has rested—from the beginning-Sthe re sponsibility for the giving of the Gospel to the masses (Acts 8:1b, 4).'
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