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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
June 1926
Last eve I paused beside a blacksmith’s door, And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime; Then, looking in, I saw upon the floor, Old hammers worn with beating years of time. “ How many anvils have you had," said I, “ To wear arid batter all these hammers so?” "Just one,” said he, and then, with twinkling eye, “ The anvil wears the hammers out, you know.” And so, I thought, The Anvil of God’s Word For ages sceptic blows have beat upon; Tet, though the noise of falling blows was heard, The Anvil is unharmed, the hammers GONE. — Selected. the people, massacring the Man of God and stealing the funds of the saints!- Christ said, “ Before Abraham was, I am.’ ’ Take away the doctrine of the Godhead of Christ and you eliminate the rock upon which our faith is founded. This is what they are doing: Boldly, brazenly, rob bing Him of His glory, robbing the church of her God- given heritage, robbing the believer of his only comfort and solace. Beware, lest you who read this, compro mise in any way and hurt the heart of your Lord. This picture is picturesque. The character of the critic is plainly evidenced in his face, and he is only one of many millions whom Satan has persuaded to strike at the Scriptures with helpless hammers. Two thousand years have passed, but the anvil still stands, not a dent visible upon its face, though the destructive critics have been destroyed by death and many, we fear, have reached the abode of the doomed. They think they are displaying great brilliance as they stand in the limelight and hammer with all their might ; but the handles are broken, the hammers lie at the foot of the anvil, and all the efforts of the poor weaklings from the pit prove puerile. How arrogant they are as they seek, by wily words, to destroy the faith of the young people and garb them in the garments of the devil. Have they no heart? None. They are absorbed in their own colossal con ceit. and look upon themselves as shining examples of modern scholarship. Yet they belittle the Book of books and break the ties that bind the family in the bonds of Heavenly peace. Look again at the picture. Notice the weak and wabbling knees of this fellow. Can you conceive of anything strong, sturdy or manly about him? The mortar board is suggestive of a flat head and a shallow brain cavity. But he prides himself upon his “ mod ernism,” though there is nothing modern about it; just the same, old-fashioned, faith-destroying system that has wrecked nations, and now aims to wreck the church of Christ and win the weaklings from the Crimson Cross. These pitiful prattlers are the enemies of humanity, the foes of God, of Christ, of the Holy Spirit, of civili TH E ID IOTIC A T T A C K UPON TH E INVINCIBLE A N V IL
zation. What can we do? We cannot still their tongues, for they babble, babble, night and day in schools, colleges, universities, and in some seminaries and pulpits;. They are lifter pay and praise, and they get both. - ■ ■ But have they anything to suggest in placq of the Old Book ?' Yes, their own learned theories with which they muddle the brain cavities of the unlearned, so that black becomes white, wrong becomes right, and viola tion of their solemn vows becomes faithful fulfillment. What can we do? Do what God commands. We can pray, and we can pray in the name of the crucified and risen Christ, for an outpouring of the Spirit of God which will put to shame the empty theories of these soul-destroying agents , of the pit. We can demon strate by lip and life that God’s Word is unbreakable and always workable. Thus we can help to stem the tide, and this our Lord commands us to do. (Jude 3). «4 * There is no problem of greater import confronting a loyal child of God, in these strange days, than that of handling sacred funds. We are all conscious, or should be, of the fact that, as stewards of God, we must give an account of and will be held responsible for, our stewardship. If we are making bank deposits we want to know not merely that the bank has a safe but that it is safe. Many banks have failed,— good banks, in the main, but unfor tunate investments and loans have compelled the clos ing of doors, and depositors have suffered loss. Many supposedly good stocks and bonds have proven to be poor security. Some men devote their lives to the work of “ working” people into making PERPLEXING PROBLEM S IN BESTOW ING BENEFACTIONS
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