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folks, not only through the J unior K ing ’ s B usiness , but by correspondence with many of the children. The work of the Red Book Club which she made attractive will be continued by the new editor. New features will appear. Mrs. Lemmel is widely known for her missionary travels, her acceptable radio ministry in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia, her writings, her songs, and her Gospel meetings for children which have been held in many sec tions of our land. She will be living in Los Angeles for a time and will be available for children’s meetings where her services áre desired. Note especially that Mrs. Lemmel gives us a Christ mas story, “ What Does Christmas Mean to You?” which appears elsewhere in this magazine. Watch Night Services T HE Great Commission Prayer League is again send ing out a plea for prayer for revival. Those who ob serve “watch night” can do no better than to gather in large or small groups to pray that God will awaken sin ners to their need of salvation and stir Christians to a sense of their own need and the need of the lost about them. We quote from the call issued by the League: This New Year’s Eve should see the earth gridled with revival prayer meetings 1 The need is supreme and uni versal and more apparent this year than formerly. Na tions are in distress; affliction is upon the people; hori zons are perceptibly darkening; hearts are oppressed,.. On the last night of the year, let every church have a re-! • vival prayer meeting. Will you call together a ¿róup, M' however small in number, that will join in observing “watch night,” in reading God’s Word and praying for revival ? Structure in Scripture D R. Norman B. Harrison, pastor of Oliver Presbyter ian Church, Minneapolis, Minn., begins in this issue a series of studies in the numerical structure of Scripture. There will be perhaps ten chapters in all. We are sure that our readers will not wish to miss any of them. Dr. Harrison is the author of a number of splendid Bible study and devotional books, one of which is adver tised elsewhere in this issue. Some of the titles are; • “ His in a Life of Prayer” “ His Indwelling Presence” “ His in Joyous Experience” These books may be obtained at the Biola Book Room, 558 South Hope Street, Los Angeles. — o— Bryan Memorial University The great Commoner, William Jennings Bryan, passed away, in the summer of 1925 at Dayton, Tenn., where he had so valiantly defended the law of the State in the famous Scopes trial. Just a few days before his'death, he suggested that a college, which would be loyal to the faith, be established in that little mountain city. At his passing, others took up the idea, and the result is the establishment of Bryan Memorial University. Classes are meeting in rented quarters while suitable buildings are being erected. Rev. George Guille, who was for years a member of the staff of the Moody Bible Institute, is the President of the University. Under his guidance, the school should prosper and meet a great need in the South land.
scribed. Plentifully supplied with funds, they not only issue large quantities of printed matter, but they also in sidiously propagate their errors in the shape of mimeo graphed sermon material and suggestions for sermons for special occasions and on special themes, which go through the mails to thousands of thoughtless pastors. They in turn pass them on to their unsuspecting hearers. Then there are the cults and the faddists, such as Christian Science, New Thought, Theosophy, Millennial Dawn, Seventh Day Adventism, etc.; arid all of them are abundantly furnished with funds for the free distribution of their literature and are everlastingly at it. !In more recent times, there have sprung up publishers of the worst sort of agnostic and infidel literature who are borrowing the methods of the old orthodox agencies and are sowing the country with their poisonous cheap and free tracts. The last annual report of the the Four A Society boasts that tons of their leaflets have been sent out during the previous months. Some of their most scurrilous tracts have had a circulation, they say, during the last five years of more than a million copies each. What are Christians who love the Lord to do about all this ? Shall they submit without an effort or a protest ? Shall the field be surrendered to those who would destroy faith and ultimately destroy civilization? The Bible In stitute of Los Angeles has always felt a responsibility to stem this flood of dangerous infidel literature with that which is loyal to the Word of God. It has not spent its energies in attacking error, but in seeking to build con structively.!: For this reason, T he K ing ’ s B usiness has been maintained without thought of financial profit. It has many friends, but not enough friends of the type who feel a responsibility to make its message known to others. There is needed at the present time, perhaps more than ever before, the energetic cooperation o f the thousands of readers who say they love its message. What shall the response be ? Changes in Editorial Staff T HREE new members of T he K ing ’ s B usiness staff are introduced through their contributions in this issue. Due to the heavy pressure of his regular work in the Correspondence School, Mr. Alan Pearce has asked to be relieved of responsibility for the Notes on Christian Endeavor Topics. W e have been able to persuade Rev. Milo F. Jamison, director of the University Bible Clubs, Inc., to take charge o f this department. His knowledge of the Word of God and his skill as a teacher, together with his practical experience in work among young people, seem to fit him admirably for the new duties. Miss Edith Lillian Young has been compelled to re linquish her duties as editor of the Children’s Division of the Sunday-school lessons by reason of too many bur dens for her frail body to carry. We shall still hope to have poems and other contributions from her pen from time to time. The children’s corner will be in charge of Miss Helen Gailey, a kindergarten teacher of Los An geles. She, too, has been Well trained for the task of presenting'the lessons for primary pupils. The readers of the J unior K ing ’ s B usiness will no tice a special announcement by the new editor, Mrs. Helen Howarth Lemmel, who, however, will not take full charge until the January issue. Mrs. Sophie Shaw Meader, the former editor, has endeared herself to many of the little
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