December, 1941
T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
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Around the King s Table LOUIS T. TALBOT, Editor-in-chief
Did this spontaneous action mean all that it seemed to mean? Was the Lord Jesus really more to him than a liveli hood, more than his old associates, more even than the comforts of home ? “ Simon, . . . iovest thou me?” We know how, by this thrice-repeated question, Peter’s heart was searched and how he receiyed a new commission and new power to go forth and win gloriously where he had failed miser ably. How this significant question of our Lord to Peter, should ring in our hearts today! It is the deepest of all ques tions, for love to Christ carries every thing with it. If our affections are truly surrendered to Him, there still will be no lack in the house of the ,Lord. Shall we not speak to that individual we see in the looking glass and take stock ? Do we really love Christ ? Let there be no dodging. Let us invent no lies. Now, if ever, we should be ready to demonstrate the real meaning of our relationship to Christ.
Take Stock This year of 1941 drawls to a close. What a blighted, miserable world! Un precedented sufferings and sacrifices are the lot of God’s servants in many lands. Mission fields, white to harvest, are neglected because of the war, and some are wholly closed. The cause of Christ on every hand is hard pressed for means to carry on when golden op portunities lie thick everywhere. Hearing the m o s t heart-rending calls for material and spiritual help— and facing these appeals with less in our purses because of ever-mounting taxes and living costs—every true Christian must search his own heart as to whether or not the honor of Christ and the progress of His work are still to be first considerations. What now is the depth of our love to Him ? It is stock-taking month in the busi ness world. It is high time to take stock of our devotion, to Jesus Christ and to pray in the spirit, of the Psalm ist: “Lord, enlarge my heart!” (Psa. 119:32). Let Thy love dilate my soul! We think of Peter and that post resurrection catch of fishes. He who so recently had denied his Lord, catch ing sight of Him on the hazy shore, plunged into the sea to be the first to have a word with Him. Then after breakfast with Jesus and thè apostles, Peter was given the opportunity to put into words what he had demon strated in action.
ristmas Bells By ANNABEL LEE CRUMLY
Christmas bells,
O Christmas bells, Swinging to and fro; Christmas bells, O Christmas bells, Binging high and low: Fill with melody the skies— Rise above the sad earth’s cries; Change to shouts of joy its sighs, With the gospel story t Tell again the news so sweet— In your rhythmic tones repeat How our need God’s love did meet In His Gift from Glory! Christmas bells, O Christmas bells! Till we see God’s Son— Christmas bells, O Christmas bells^- Evermore ring on! Torrey Memorial Conference In the week of January 25 to Febru ary 1, 1942, the seventh annual Torrey Memorial Bible Conference is scheduled to be held at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Commemorating t h e far- reaching spiritual influence of the first Dean, Reuben Archer Torrey, and re calling also the wise and consecrated ministry of other early leaders, this conference is always' an outstanding event in the school’s activity. It occurs in the week of Torrey’s birthday an niversary (January 28) and imme diately precedes the Institute’s second semester. Thus the more than 450 stu dents of the Institute have the oppor tunity of a whole week of intensive Bible teaching in which some of the most widely used ministers of the nation are heard. This year, among others, H. A. Iron side, Pastor of the Moody Memorial Church, Chicago, 111., will speak daily.
The absence or presence of love to Christ in our hearts must be the index of our spiritual state—a prophecy of what we shall accomplish in these fleeting days of opportunity to hasten the completion of the Body of Christ. Can We honestly' say: “Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee” ? ' —Keith L. Brooks. Significance of the News By DAN GILBERT Washington, D. C., and San Diego, California
vance of atheism since the beginning of the war in Europe. On January 1, 1941, the enrolled membership of the League of Militant Godless in Russia was listed, as 3,450,182 as., against 2,292,036 in 1939. Yaroslavsky’s report was first pub lished. in the magazine Antireligiosnik; It shows the acceleration of atheist ac tivity “on every front.” The following statistics are proudly cited: ■ “Antireligious discussion groups: ' 9,698 with 71,982 |participants in
ATHEISM ON THE MARCH IN RUSSIA:
• Out of the welter of controversy recently developed ■ regarding religious conditions in Russia, the facts have finally been brought to light. The Religious News Service has produced the evidence to show that atheism has made enormous strides in Russia in re cent years. The godless propaganda, moreover, has been directly promoted by the Communist Party itself. Yaroslavsky, leader of the League of Militant Godless, reports a great ad
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