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T HIS IS AN AGE OF MARVELS. Wonderful scientific discov eries have changed our mode of living and our mode of thinking. One discovery of tremendous benefit to all humanity is the discovery of the principle o f voice control by Eugene Feuchtinger, A. M. H is resulting system of voice developm ent revolutionized old methods, and changes voice developm ent from a little understood art to an exact science. More than that, it brings a Perfect Voice w ithin the reach of every m an and every woman who desires a stronger, richer voice for either singing or speaking. Prof. Feuchtinger’s method is founded on the discovery th at the Hyo-G lossus muscle controls the voice; th at a strong, beautiful voice, w ith great range, is due to a well developed Hyo-G lossus—while a weak or a rasping voice is due to under developm ent of this vital vocal muscle. A post-mortem exam ination of Caruso’s throat showed a superb developm ent of his Hyo-Glossi muscles. B ut it required years of training under the old method to produce this development. You can develop your Hyo-G lossus in a m uch shorter time by Prof. Feuchtinger’s wonderful scientific method. You can take this training under the direction of the Professor himself, wherever you may live. »And the cost is so low th at it is w ithin the reach of every ambitious m an or'wom an.
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Professor Feuchtinger’s m ethod is far simpler, far more rapid, far more certain in results than the tedious, hap hazard m ethods of ordinary vocal instructors. H is u n q u a lif ie d success w ith thou sands of pupils proves the infallibility of his method. U nder his direction, your voice will be made rich, full and vibrant. Its over tones will be greatly multiplied. You will add m any notes to its range and have them clear, limpid and alluring. You will have a voice that is rolling and c o m p e llin g and so strong and magnetic th at it will be the marvel of your associates. Professor Feuchtinger ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEES an improvem ent of 100 p ercent—a REDOU B LEM EN T of your voice! If you are not absolutely satisfied that your voice is doubled in volume and quality, your money will be refunded. You are the only judge. Perfect Voice Institute 1922 Sunnyside Ave., Studio 53*12 »Chicago, HI. Dear Prof. Feuchtinger: Will you please send me a copy of your new free book Physical Voice Cul ture". I understand that this book isfree and there is no obligation on my part. I am interested in □ Singing □ Speaking □ Stammering □ Weak Voice
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Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, whose teaching ministry has for so many years brought spiritual quickening to God’s people around the world, is spending January and February in the California Southland. Dr. Morgan began his Pacific Coast itinerary at-San Diego on January 2, going from there to Pasadena, Bakersfield, and Long Beach. From January 30 to February 4 he will be at Calvary Presbyterian Church, Riverside; February 6 to 11, Bible Institute of Los Angeles ; February 13 to 18, First Presby terian Church, Hollywood; and from February 20 to 25, First Baptist Church, Los Angeles. Dr. Morgan is a deep student of the Word of God, and unswerving in his loyalty to its evangelical interpretation. Those living within access of the cities visited will be eagerly anticipat ing the opportunity to again hear this man of God as he brings forth riches of truth from the inexhaustible storehouse of the Holy Scriptures. ' — o — Dr J. Stuart Holden, another of England’s truly great Bible teachers, is visiting the United States, and after'a season spent in the cities of Philadelphia, Grand Rapids, and Chicago, will spend a little while on the Pacific Coast. Dr. Holden will give a series of Bible addresses in the audi torium of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles from February 13 to 18. From there he will go to the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley from February 20 to 25; and from February 27 to March 4 he will be at the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland.
The following choice paragraph is from an address given by Dr. Holden at Keswick, and will be found, together with other addresses delivered in that noted conference center, in his volume entitled “The God-Lit Road.” “Let me summarize: Coming to Christ means coming to the assured pardon and liberation declared by His precious Blood; it means coming to an inviolate standard of life; it means com ing to the stimulus and challenge of noble, human, example; it means coming into a fellowship in which the ideals of worship and service are shared and supported; it means coming to unfail ing Divine assistance, and the upholding strength of a perfect understanding; and it means coming to a life-task in which every capacity finds its true employment. Coming to Christ, a man is made competent by the removal of his handicap, and the renewal of his life in fellowship with God, for the task of worthily liv ing amongst men, alike with the brother and the stranger, and for the making of a worthy contribution to the work of the kingdom of God. ‘Oh!’ you say, ‘it is a miracle, all that!’ A man said to me recently, ‘The thing you are all talking about here is impossible, human nature being what it is.’ I said, ‘I agree with you, my brother'; but listen to the first proposal of the Gos pel. It is that human nature shall not remain what it is, that human nature shall be changed.’ Yes ! there is a miracle implied in every one of these clauses we have looked at today, and it is a miracle, the reality of which we may all know, if we really want to.” This and other books by these two sound Bible teachers and authors may be secured from Biola Book Room.
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EDITORIALS The Indestructible Christ......... ................ Beautiful Feet The Love of Luxury........ ..... —.......... Growing Disrespect of American Youth. Superintelligence of the Present Day,--..s. Gen. Washington and Gen. Pershing..—. Abraham Lincoln—Christian .................. Editorial Arrows ..................'...................
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POLICY AS D E F IN E D IN S T IT U T E O F LOS ANG E LE S (a ) To s ta n d fo r th e in fa llib le W o rd of God a n d its g r e a t fu n d a m e n ta l t r u th s (b ) T o s tr e n g th e n th e f a ith of a ll b e lie v e rs. I A gsolvec !~by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles £ Bible Institute will seek to teach its students the Word of God more carefully and more thoroughly than ever. The Bible will be in reality the chief text book. It will put no premium on ignorance nor on indolence. Thor ough study and memorizing of the Word of God will be insisted upon as of supreme importance. The reality of deep spiritual life that is hid with Christ in God will be insisted upon as a prerequisite to all acceptable service. The highest standards of scholarship will be encouraged as necessary for the most efficient service in the Christian Ministry, but the Insti tute will urge that education without the Holy Spirit to guide into all truth, is as useless and futile as the mere form of Godliness in a life which denies the power thereof; that men who have been, ignorant and unlearned, but who are willing to sit at the feet of our Lord and Saviour, and learn of Him, may, like the first apostles, become seers in spiritual truth and mighty in the Scriptures; that God will not honor indolence by bestowing spiritual gifts upon those who are not careful, persistent students; that He will not do His mighty works in, nor trust His power to, men whose lives are not trans formed by the word of truth and grace which they proclaim; that when men are so transformed, they must and will delight to work for Him in winning souls; that he who does not seek the transformed life, nor let God reign over Him, producing love and peace, humility and power, will only blaspheme God by any attempted service. The Bible Institute will therefore teach its students the Word of God, with emphasis upon the necessity that all should live what they teach, and press upon all the importance of putting into practice at once the teaching and principles which they have heard in the classroom. The many diverse forms of work carried on by the Institute will be used as a spiritual hospital or clinic in which the students will first observe, then try for themselves the actual application of their theories. It is hoped that graduates of the Institute will be so thoroughly furnished unto all good work that they will become fruit ful and efficient helpers in any Christian work to which they may be called. revealing the name of Sostratus in the solid stone beneath. So the waves of time may chip off all human names from the church, but the ñamé of Jesus is engraven in its. eter nal foundations and no power of earth or hell can efface it. Beautiful Feet “How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace (Rom. 10:15). T HIS is our Heavenly Father’s comment upon the work of His loyal witnesses in the earth. Men may spurn the message and brand its bringer as a grafter or adventurer. The preacher himself often concludes that the task is a hopeless-one. Yet all the time, the Father is saying: “How beautiful the feet!” Though from the human viewpoint, it seems a total loss, in heaven it is counted worthy of “the King in His beauty,” for -it is the work which the King Himself began (Acts 1 :1). People have strange ways of estimating a preacher in our day. He is often judged by the array of letters after 'his name, the cut of his coat or the kind of a collar he wears, his ability as a mixer—but in God’s book of esti mates, the man who has gone forth in humble dependence upon Christ, to give forth the simple, divine message of peace through the blood of the cross, is the one who has beautiful feet, and will hear “Well done” in the great rewarding day. gfc áfe The Love of Luxury A CCORDING to the 1925- figures, 90 per cent of the . automobiles, pianos- and phonographs sold in the United States are sold on the installment plan. Cabinet radios to the amount of 85 per cent are sold on this plan, and 75 per cent of the washing machines, vacuum clean ers, kitchen cabinets and similar articles. When statesmen become alarmed over this situation, and for business reasons, as well as for reasons of sound character influence, call upon the people to put the brake on, it is certainly time for Christian people to be con cerned. Installment buying as a habit is not only ener vating to character, but is leading hundreds of church people to assume greater burdens than they should carry, forcing them into’a mad rush to make payments and keep up appearances. The result is that it is little indeed that God gets out of them, and they in turn are deprived of the blessings of heaven which are poured out upon those who bring their tithes into the storehouse (Mai. 3 :10). Few people realize that merchandise sold in this way is usually extravagantly priced to begin with. A famous manufacturer has admitted that he would rather make a sale on installment than for cash. He can get 24 per cent from the installment buyer for the credit accommodation, and can borrow money at 3J4 or 4% to carry the load. Even after deducting collection costs, he can make 12 to 15% clear. He argues that if the American people are so ridiculously foolish as to be willing to pay such usury, why not let them ? If the orgy of installment buying was confined to necessities, it would not be so serious, but it is largely confined to luxuries. This means that in many cases the The Indestructible Christ “The scribes and, chief priests sought how they might destroy Him"[Mark 11:18). Y « » Z H A T is more strange to us,' after these A «lis V í ÍM j , nineteen centuries, than the idea of “des- J\W¡fAw|jy troying Christ!” The historic supremacy J esus is incontrovertible. He cóüld no more be destroyed than the sun could be blotted from the circle of the sky. His power over men is to this day the power of- a living personality. Skepticism about Christ is skep ticism about history itself. The very vehemence with which the claims of Jesus Christ have been-denied and His kingdom assailed proves that there is something far more than human power back of Christianity. All the logic pf criticism, all the reason ings of philosophy, all the devices of naturalism and pantheism, all the brutality inspired by the- powers of darkness, have not been able to stay His-march across the centuries. His influence is the marvel of history. It is a spec tacle that no skeptic can answer. Let anyone explain how the life of Christ can be interpreted as a mere human one and yet reconciled with the fact that He has conquered every realm whére His Gospel has been preached through out the world. There is nothing in all literature or phil osophy that can equal the light of the knowledge of the glory of God as it shines in the face of Jesus Christ. Not only is it written on the open page of Scripture, but it. is impressed upon the souls of millions of believers, voiced in the jubilant hymns of the church and interwoven in all civilization worthy the name. It is omnipresent in the history of the world. Christ, the God-man, is still the Lord of life. He is the Saviour of the world, the King of an eternal kingdom. Destroy Christ—How utterly impossible! One can not brush away the experience of millions who have gone triumphantly to heaven, or expel Christ from the con sciences and lives of living millions. The Christ who marched right over the seemingly unconquerable forces of Judaism, heathenism and imperial Rome will certainly not go down before the assault of any modern association of atheists. Dr. Storrs says: “Christianity is built, let it never be forgotten, on the ruins of three prodigious, ambitious and defiant establishments—a perverted Judaism, deriving vast strength from the truths it denied; an ancient, haughty and universal heathenism, and a military empire that encompassed the earth. The forces which brought all these to naught were not astute ^combinations of states men, the eloquence of scholars or the strategy of soldiers. They were the forces which Paul could only describe a score of years after Christ had ascended a$ “the things' which are not.” Ptolemy once had a great building erected and wanted his name engraved upon it. Sostratus, the architect, did not feel the King should receive all the credit since he had done nothing but put up the money. However, he had the King’s name engraved in the plaster on the front of the building but underneath, in the eternal granite, he caused his own name to be carved. Years afterward when the elements had gotten in their work, the plaster fell away, February 1927 70 T h e K i n g ’ s B u s i n e s s purchasing is done in order to keep pace with neighbors who perhaps are in better condition to have these luxuries. As one put it recently: “In these days there is no dis grace in poverty—unless your neighbors find it out.”- It is a sad fact that many who make high professions of Christianity are in debt on all hands, and distracted with care because of a desire to make as good a showing as some other person. One man admitted that he was a human dynamo—everything on him was charged. It is well to remember that the poor as well as the rich may be caught in the toils of the love.of luxury. The would-be rich, as well as the rich, have little place in their thoughts for Christ.. Bishop Mann said: “The love of the penny may create as much impediment as the love of the pound.” F EW people today who pretend to be observers of social conditions will deny that one of the most alarming problems of the hour is the lack of respect for parents and elders that is everywhere manifested among American youth. Modern ideas of home training have much to do with this situation. Parental authority is not asserted as it was in the average home of fifty years ago. Many a modern mother is trying to imitate her flapper daughters, and her chief interests are outside of the home. She is a woman of many social engagements. We heard recently of a home where the husband, in order to get money to sat isfy creditors, sold the kitchen stove, and his wife did not even discover it for a week. Nor can all the blame be laid at mother’s door. The Word of God makes father the' head of the home. His duty it is to keep the fires of the family altar burning, and to see that his children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. The saying that the child, like a canoe, behaves better when paddled from the rear, has long since been forgotten. A newspaper writer said recently: “The problem as to what is to be done with parents who disobey their children will soon become one for serious consideration.” Sons and daughters are given all the rope they want in these days, and it is no wonder they soon hang themselves with it. The modernistic teachings in day schools and even churches, without a doubt, foster this spirit of anarchy among young folks. When the fear of God is taken away, it is not surprising that immature minds should become deaf, not only to parental warnings, but to the laws of the land. When the very speech of American youth savors of rebellion against Christian parents, when they openly ridicule father and mother as moss-backs, it is not strange that the same disrespect should be shown toward others. Where the hoary head is not held in honor, you need not expect to find the laws of state and country regarded. President Coolidge, some months ago, in commenting on these conditions among youth, said, with his usual keen insight : “The present-day need of American youth is more home control through parental action. There are too many indications that the functions of, parenthood are breaking down.” The Growing Disrepect Among the American Y ou th With the Bible teachings, barred from the schools, and with mere perfumed oratory coming from many a pulpit, the need for real Christian homes is more impera tive than ever. What can counteract these pernicious influences unless there is raised up a great host of Chris tian fathers and mothers who know and do their duty as taught by the Bible ? With joy the parent loves to trace Resemblance in the children’s face, And as he forms their docile youth, To walk the steady paths of truth, Observes them shooting into men, And lives in them life o’er again. Superintelligence of the Present Day “ Q CIENCE has been responsible for a great change in O religious thinking,” says one of our great California scientists. “If the churches can adapt themselves to these advances in science, they will go forward. If they cannot, they will be swept aside in the back currents of progress.” We suppose there has not been a year of the nine teen hundred in which one or more of the world’s recog nized scholars have not calmly sat back in their chairs and prophecied the collapse of Christianity unless its doctrines should be restated in terms of current opinion. Skeptical thinkers have always plumed themselves on the idea that the doctrines of the Bible were coins about to go out of circulation. “Advanced scientific thinking” is a phrase hoary with age; yet some of the most absurd theories have been her- 71 February 1927 T h e K i n g ’ s B u s i n e s s he declared, that in proportion to the population we have forty times as many murders as our modern neighbors, twenty times as many as Germany and ten times as many as England. The murder rate in the country in 1925 reached the appalling number of one to every 9000 of the population, A veritable reign of terror exists in many places. “Open warfare between crime and authority is steadily increasing. Robberies in the crowded dis tricts of cities and upon the public highways are of daily occurrence. Although relatively few crim inals are caught and fewer are ever punished, the number of persons imprisoned for crime is at all • times, over 200 , 000 . aided to the world in the name of Sc'.ence, only to quickly pass into discard. The church should certainly value the testimony of sincere scientists, and should be the first to appreciate the marvelous benefits of modern inventions. However, it would only be to repeat some of the bad blunders of past ages, to attempt to suit the interpretation of the Gospel to the present day evolutionary theories, for there is little reason to believe that these notions will be stereotyped for time to come. The attempts of unbe lievers to explain the universe on some other basis than is taught in the Word of God constitute an endless sys tem of guesswork, and never can be anything else. The Duke of Argyll, in his book, “Geology of the Deluge,” says: “I doubt if we shall ever come to know by science anything more than we now know about the origin of things. I believe we shall always have to rest on that magnificent and sublime outline which has been given to us by the great prophet of the Hebrews.” Contradictions between well settled facts of science and correct interpretation of Scripture do not exist so far as we are aware. There has ever been, and ever will be, conflict between immature conclusions of scientists and plain statements of Scripture, and between facts of science and some biased interpretations of Scripture. Dr. John McNeill says: “We may sometimes tremble on the Rock of Ages, but the Rock will never tremble under us.” It is the one writing that has survived with out change or loss of power in human lives throughout the ages. While men, weary and heavy laden, find it the one window of hope in this prison of life through which they can look out into .eternity; while sin-laden souls, thirsting after God, through acceptance of the old Gospel, find it to be “the power of God unto salvation,” so long will the Church withstand all efforts to sweep it aside into “the back currents.” ' It was the great Gladstone who said: “If I am asked to name the one comfort in sorrow, the safe rule of conduct, the true guide of life—I must point to what is called in the words of a popular hymn, ‘the old, old story,’ told in the old, old Book, which is God’s best and richest gift to mankind.” General Washington and General Pershing H ERE is a striking statement made by Gen. Washing ton concerning the age in which he lived: “If I were to be called upon to draw a picture of the times and of men, from what I have seen, “The spirit of lawlessness seems to be threaten ing the very foundations of our government. Who are responsible for this shameful condition? The only answer is that the citizens of the country are to blame. The government can be no better than the average of its citizens. We can have exactly the kind of government we want if with firm resolve we constantly exert ourselves’ to get it. If that state ment is, not true, then the system of government under which we live is a failure.” , : , Abraham Lincoln— Christian M UCH space could be utilized in reproducing what great editors and authors have written concerning that singular character, Abraham Lincoln, whose birth day the nation will remember oh February 12th. Inter esting would it be to read the conflicting reasons they give for the place he holds in the esteem of American people. Abraham Lincoln never joined a church; n e v e r made what we would call a public profession of his acceptance of Christ; yet the church claims him, and he is the very kind of man the preachers are looking f o r as a demonstration sample of the Gospel. He attended church reg ularly, read the Bible and religious books, prayed much and gave religious advice to many, yet he was not a denom inational man. It is said that the reason he did not join a church was because of a kind of modest under-estima tion of himself, a sense of weakness and short-comings. Who doubts that he was a real man of God? In his life we find exemplified the very traits of character defined as the “fruit of the Spirit.” He was a close student of the teachings of Jesus Christ, and it was surely more than human power that enabled him to live them. “It is in order to make men like Abraham Lincoln,” said the late Russell H. Conwell in one of his addresses, “that the Scripture is intended. It is for that that I ever preach and teach and insist.” We are making much of our creeds just now, and not a few become so vehement in defense of the doctrines they hold that they seem unaware of the fact that their lives are barren of the first fruit of the Spirit. Are we not put to shame when a man like Lincoln, son of a poor heard, and in part know, I would in one word say that idleness, dissipation and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them; that spec ulation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches seem to have got ten the better of every other consideration and almost every order of men.” In the light of the above, Gen. Pershing’s re cent statements at an Arm istice Day event in Chi cago are of interest. Statistics recently prepared show, February 1927 72 T h e K i n g ’ s B u s i n e s s like' Abraham Lincoln—men of whom it can be said: “Ye have obeyed from the heart.that MOULD of doc trine, which was delivered you” (Rom. 6:17). It is important that we should hold doctrines, but it is imperative that they should hold us and mould our thoughts, affections and wills after the pattern of Jesus Christ. Perhaps Lincoln was over-modest, but would it not be a blessing today if more of us had enough of that sense of modesty to seal our lips when our lives are utterly failing to reveal Christ? “mountain white” of practically no schooling, brought up at odd jobs, mostly rail splitting—an unchurched Chris tian who made no attempts at apologetics;—so repro duces Christ in his life that he becomes a veritable spirit ual magnet whose influence ever grows ? It should remind us that the. Faith was “deposited with saints” (Jude 3), The truth must become incarnated before it will carry. It must be held experimentally and consistently. Saints to live Christianity are more scarce than swords to fight for it. The defense the Gospel needs today is a regiment of honest, gracious, wholesome souls for boys in. reference to;, crime is constantly growing younger,” ' he declares in Harper’s Magazine. “I could have made a better world,” A cynic to a s”aint once cried; “And that is why God put thee here; Go forth and do it,”,he replied. * * * * “It is safe to say that almost all crimes are com mitted by boys in their early teens 1 or by those who began in effect a criminal career at that age. Sav ing criminals; is, in the last analysis, only saving chil dren, ; and saving children means nof only saying criminals but their victims, too.” “So many preachers .are trying to go in the middle of the road these days;” says Dr. McNeill,-“that I have to take one side in order to get by.” * * * * Editor of an exchange thinks our modern girls are more worried about the shine on their noses than they are about the dust on the furniture. * * 4= j| i Scientists have recently been predicting the practical abolish ing of sleep for human beings. “Thus they would destroy the only few hours men live above reproach,” says the Toledo Blade. * * * * “Christian Register” (Unitarian paper) says the second com ing doctrine “is more heinous and rotting to the soul than polyg amy, witch-burning and slavery combined.” Still one can scarcely recall an outstanding devout Bible scholar, preacher or mission ary of the church age, who has not confessed that “the blessed hope” was his constant inspiration to holiness and service. * * * Scientists are now seeking a way to stop babies from cry ing. “If they succeed at this point,” says the Pathfinder, “they will win the admiration and gratitude of even the Fundamen talists,” * * * * Some one has said that one of the biggest mistakes of Mod ernism is that it makes Calvary to represent man doing his best for God, whereas really it represents God doing His utmost for man. * * * * Dr. Augustine Smith, musical director of a Chautauqua Institution, says: “Church music today is more often a Godless quartette singing heathenish music in an unknown tongue, than a God-fearing choir.” He declares that we get less than five per cent of worship and genuine helpfulness out of it. “We need a real revival of worshipful Gospel music and congregational singing of the solid hymns of the church.” ♦ * $? Clarence Darrow, though he is an avowed enemy of the Bible, occasionally makes some admissions which are most sig nificant in view of what prophecy says of the perilous days which are to mark the consummation of the age. “The dangerous age ,Mr. Darrow has nothing to propose as a cure, except edu cation. What a challenge to those •who believe that the Gospel of Christ -is’ “the power of God unto salvation !” * * * * Seems strange to read of the movie menacé in Africa. Sir Hesketh .Bell has called attention to the evil which the exhibi tion of certain cinema film's is working among the native peo ples of Africa and India. The sensational and sometimes inde cent pictures which are-shown as representing the life of white people are leading the natives of. India and of our great African Colonies'- and Protectorates to false and dangerous ideas of European civilization. The secretary of the Universities Mis sion to Central Africa tells that in Zanzibar cinema shows were given to ¡students and scholars in the mission schools, “but even when we,had made a careful selection, we sometimes found we had to stop a film in the middle because of its totally unex pected effect on the audience.”' But the evil which is wrought by films which depict the under-world of crime and vice is beyond any dispute. * * * H« As- evidence of “the desertion of the ministry by college men,” Dr.. John Richelsen, Buffalo, N. Y. declared in a recent sermon that “the rnajority of Presbyterian ministers today are more than 52 years old.” He pointed out that the increase in membership in the church is ten times greater than that of candidates for. the ministry during recent years. We« are reminded of a unique statement we read recently : “The Mod ernists are in danger of throwing the baby out of the window with the bath.” By this was evidently meant that in throwing away so much of the Bible, our educators are throwing away the very essence of Christianity. It is not likely that young men will find in a denatured theology an inspiration to preach. * * * * A 200 per cent increase in the use of tobacco since the war is reported by the Tobacco Association. Increasing popula- ity of the “weed” with women is said to be mainly responsible for this jump. Prof. J. R. Earp, director of hygiene in Antioch College, has an article in “The World’s Health,” entitled “Like 73 February 1927 T h e K i n g ’ s B u s i n e s s Father, Like Son.” He is referring to the matter of the use of tobacco. From a test which he made among college students, who revealed their own and their fathers’ smoking habits, he discovered that when fathers smoke, the majority of sons smoke also, and when fathers abstain, the majority of sons are non-smokers. Of the sons of smoking fathers, 51.1 per cent are smokers, whereas of the sons of non-smoking fathers, 41.2. per cent are smokers. Prof. Earp’s main argument against smoking is that so large a proportion of smokers become so dominated by the habit that they can neither stop smoking, nor even con fine their smoking within reasonable limits. * * * * The American Surety Company reports an increase of 59 per cent in the amount of net claims incurred in the fidelity bond field in which it guarantees the honesty of employees, and characterizes this increase as “the most surprising feature” of a nine-month review. The report says: Copies En tire Bible on Single Sheet Japanese scholar w rites one m illio n characters w ith solitary hair T HE entire Bible on a single sheet of paper! Such is the astounding feat recently accomplished by Mr. Ukichi Ishizuka of Tokio, who, after ten’years of the most diligent toil, has completed a self-imposed task requiring almost unbelievable patience and skill. Imagine writing more than 1,000,000 characters or letters with a single hair. Then imagine replacing the hair many times to write other millions of Japanese ideo grams ! Staggering as such a task seems, it was but one of the details involved in Mr. Ishizuka’s stupendous undertaking. For Mr. Ishizuka not only had to do the work with hair points—he first had to practice this delicate feat for six full years. And for practice, the Japanese scholar wrote a certain famous Chinese classic of 1,000,000 ideo grams. He was not content to write it once. He wrote it one million times. Then he felt sufficiently skilled to begin work on the Bible. His outfit was the simplest. His scroll, or kakemono, was an ordinary one of tough paper made of white rags. It was six feet long and two feet wide. His ink was com mon sumi or charcoal. He used no microscope, but had a pair of spectacles with fairly high power lenses. His brush was a Japanese fude narrowed down until the point was but a single hair; Despite the minuteness of the ideograms, for the lines are as fine as those of an engraver, the work is so beautifully done that it can be easily read with a magnifying glass. H ad L iving to E arn The scroll was commenced. But meanwhile he had a living to make for himself and his family. This he did by making trips into the nearby countryside to sell Bibles. After his day’s work, he would draw out his precious scroll and far into the night would be busy with his deli cate brush. The times were difficult. His work was not lucrative and his friends gave him little or no encouragement. They said his self-imposed task was foolish. Oftentimes, too, he became so interested in his writing that he forgot his “No one can say certainly the cause of increased defalcations among employees. It is certainly not the part of an organized crime wave, but rather a reflection of human behaviour caused by conditions of the times.” ste m business of earning a living. According to his wife, they lived very frugal lives until the work was completed. Since completing this precious document, Mr. Ishizuka has resumed his occupation of distributing tracts and Bibles. He attracts more attention to his wares with his famous work of art. The original, however, is far too valuable to be exhibited publicly, so photographs are used instead. The artist has entitled the document, “Heavenly Revelation at one Eyelook,” literally, “The Bible at a Glance.” With the instinct of the true artist, Mr. Ishizuka took infinite pains in selecting the paper for his monumental work. It is made of pure white rags, and, like permanent record paper, is so made as to be absolutely impervious to fading and disintegrating. Owing to the care exercised by Mr. Ishizuka in his choice of paper, the famous document to which he has devoted so many years of his life, will remain in a perfect state of preservation for unknown generations. Let Us All Join in Singing Hymn No. 75 "Faith of Our Fathers ”—The Fundamentalist Hymn LAST VERSE ONLY Faith of our fathers! We will love Both friend and foe in all our strife ! And preach thee, too as love knows how, By kindly words and virtuous life, Faith of our fathers! holy faith! We will be true to thee till death! February 1927 T H Ë' :.' K i n g ’ s B u s i n e s s 74 MISSIONARY MISSILES Even in the wilds of Africa the sew ing machine, mes- • senger of civiliza tion, is to be found. Here-is a native So fond of his n ew , toy that he must work in the open , so passers-by can See it and marvel. K eystone P hoto they have discovered that there is a colored family in the top floor back.” ’ ^ ^ ^ How many are saying; “There are heathen enough in America; let us convert them before we go abroad?” Let us grant that charity begins at home, but only selfishness will stay there. Wherever there is a human soul perish ing,; be it next door-or ten thousand miles away,, that soul has- a claim upon us. How can. a Christian be satisfied until he has made his influence extend to the remotest cor ner of this,ruined world? * * * Ten thousand missionaries to a billion heathen: that is the ratio given by the Moody Herald. Each missionary is responsible for a hundred thousand, while in our land, there is a minister to every seven hundred persons. China has one ordained minister to every million. Out of every hundred thousand church members in the United States, only 21 go to the foreign field. * * * A venerable colored minister who Wad been pleading earnestly for foreign missions; closed with these words: “Bredren, I ’ve heard of churches dat’s dyin’ of ’speCtabil- ity, I ’ve heard of a church where de souls of de- people is all shriveled up with selfishness, and- I ’ve heard of lots of churches like a barren desert, with no livin’ waters, no waters of ’freshment runnin’ in ’em', ’cause dey refuse to do de Lord’s will. But, bredren, who ever heard of a church dat was killed ’cause it gave money to foreign mis sions ? Who ever heard of a church dat died ’cause it did what de Lord said ? Neber! neber! bredren. Ef any body would tell me of such a church in all dis wide uni verse, I ’d make a pilgrimage to dat church. I would climb up its ivy-mantled walls, and to de top of de steeple, and lay dis great black hand on de topmost stone of dat temple and say, ‘Bressed are de dead dat die in de Lord.’/U'i: Every eighth person in the world is a Mohammedan. * * * Women all over the world are expected to join in a movement to make March 4, 1927, a day of prayer for missions. * sK * There is no better contributor to foreign missions than the one who engages in missionary intercession. * * * A hundred million in India, have never heard the name of Jesus, not even in blasphemy. •1» s|* H* Dr. A. J. Gordon once said: “The church that is not a missionary church will soon become a missing church. * * * “The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions/’ said Henry Martyn, “and the nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.” * * * It was Simeon Calhoun who once said: “If the church of Christ was what she ought to be, twenty years would not pass away until the story of the cross would be uttered :in the ears of every living man.” * * * What equipment do you need in order to be a mission ary. J. Hudson Taylor answers the question. “A life yielded to God, a restful trust in Him to supply your needs, a willingness to take a lowly place, adaptability toward cir cumstances, steadfastness in discouragement, love for prayer and study of the Word, some experience and bless ing in the Lord’s work at home.” * * * “We have just heard of a minister and his wife who were all ready to go to Africa as missionaries,” reports an •exchange, “but they have been unavoidably delayed. They have just left their apartment in high dudgeon, because 75 February 1927 T h e K i n g ’ s B u s i n e s s Christian Mysticism B y T he E ditor - in -C h ief W E constantly meet the words “mystic” and “mys ticism” in articles and books that deal with reli gious experience, and, these are very many in our days. These words are frequently loosely and wrongly used. They convey no definite content to the minds of most readers apart from an idea of something poetic, dreamy and far away from the practical things and ways of life. They need to have a new birth in the thinking of Chris tians for the church of God owes much to the Mystics and real Mysticism. , In this series of articles we wish first to consider briefly the true meaning and significance of Mysticism and then seek to make the acquaintance of some of, the great Mystics of history. Evelyn Underhill, who is one of the most interesting writers, and best informed on this sub ject in our day, says that “Mysticism, according to its historical and psychological definitions, is the direct intui tion or experience of God; and a Mystic is a person who has, to a greater or less degree, such a direct experience - one whose religion and life are centered, not merely on an accepted belief or practice, but on that which he regards as first-hand personal knowledge.” One-of our great German scholars remarks that “Mys ticism is the immediate feeling of unity of the self with God.” Augustine suggests the fundamental basis of all true Mysticism when he says “Thou hast made us for Thyself, and we cannot’ rest until we rest in Thee;” At another time he said “My life shall be a real life, being wholly full of Thee.” ' Here he reveals the ideal of a true Christian Mysticism. This is what Jesus had in mind when He said “I am the Vine, ye are the branches,” This is the great mystic union of the Christian life through which we come to know the riches and the fulness of the more abundant life. In such an experience the Church had its birth, and has been renewed again by the fresh con tacts of its mystics with God. Dr. Rufus M. Jones writes: “The significant thing which the Mystic has to give us is his- testimony that he has an immediate consciousness of God. He comes to the restless, the far-wandered, the absent from homeland calmly states the mighty fact that feels perfectly at home with God.” But the great Ruys- broeck goes beyond this when he says “I desire to be by the grace of God a life-giving member of Holy Church,” and this in actual experience and history the Mystic has been in the church. When the mystic life of the Church is low, it lacks confidence and power and is full of -fear and misgivings. Its strong and creative moments have been the times when its mystic life has been rich and strong. M en W ho E xperience G od The great tides of spiritual life may be easily traced to mystic souls who experienced God in a new vision of reality, and made men to feel the abiding wonder of the unseen world. Isaiah saw God high and lifted up* and his life and experience saved Judah from a total collapse. Paul encountered Christ on the Damascus Road and from that mystic encounter has flowed one of the most potent streams influencing the history of the world. *After years of wandering Augustine heard God in the garden and a life was set on fire that shaped the course of the Church’s thinking for centuries. So we might come down through the centuries and mark the rise of the constructive and saving influences of history in the mystic lives of the men and women who knew God at first hand. Only eternity can reveal how much we owe to this quiet walk with God and the creative and conserving touch of their life upon the years. The “Mystic Way” is a term which was first used by the Neoplatonists and was early taken over by Christian writers on the Christian life. It describes the way in which the soul of the Mystic usually develops. Generally speaking, it has three stages of Purgation, Illumination and Union. By the first of these is meant the experience or process in which the character is purified or detached from earthly interests. In the Catholic and pagan reli gions this is usually worked out by the soul’s own peni tence and efforts, but in all Christian Mysticism there is something in the experience that corresponds with this whether worked out by the soul’s own efforts or by the Spirifjof God in the life. W h a t T$. I llum ination ? By “illumination”, is meant an immediate experience of God and an-understanding of the true values of life in His light. This-comes as a result of a truly surrendered will. In many of the Mystics these two stages go hand in hand. The nearer they draw to God and clearer their vision of the Perfect, the more they appreciate their own imperfections and shortcomings. When Isaiah saw God high and lifted up, he also saw the uncleanness of his own life and the life of the people of his day. By “union” fis meant that perfect harmony of the human will with God which makes possible that idea of life set forth by Christ in John 15. The vine and the branches are one. The life of the vine flows in the branches and finds its expression there. In other words the life of the Mystic is finally im mersed in God and all his actions are inspired and di rected by the indwelling life of God. This is the flower of the consecrated or mystic life—the true “spiritual mar riage” of the soul in which the life finds its highest and deepest expressions and satisfactions. It is these things in general that we shall endeavor to study in our consideration of a few of the outstanding Mystics,-of history. Legal Form of Bequest I give and bequeath to Bible Institute of Los Angeles, incorporated under the laws of the State of California__________ ’ • -------------------------------------------—Dollars, and I direct the release of the President of the Board of Directors of said Bible Institute of Los Angeles shall be a sufficient discharge to my executors in the premises. [Seal]___________________ __________ HQ W
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