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A S T A T EM EN T FROM TH E ED ITORS
by Phil Kerr
"R eg inn in g w ith next month’s issue of T he K ing ’ s B usiness , the Edi torial Board will be pre senting a number of new features and articles. N ow in its 48 th year o f publication, this magazine, "dedicated to the spiritual development o f the Chris tian Home,” will be in creased in scope to include sections o f material which will appeal to every mem ber o f the family. Picture stories, devotional articles, columns o f interest and other easy-to-read features will inspire and challenge your heart. It is our earnest belief that the coming issues will be some o f the most im portant and interesting ever published. In 1960, T h e K ing ’ s B usiness will cele brate its 50th year. Should the Lord delay His coming, we anticipate that during these next two years, the B IOLA magazine will bring a greatly enlarged ministry to an ever-widening family o f readers — all to the glory o f our Lord Jesus Christ. Your earnest prayers are deeply appreciated as these months afford us the oppor tunity for the proclamation of the Gospel story through the printed page. Tell your friends about T he K ing ’ s B usiness , still only $3.00 per year per subscription.
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Words by Elizabeth Clephane Music by Ira D. Sankey
In 1874 Miss Clephane’s poem was "discovered by Ira D. Sankey and set to music, although the author had passed away five years previously. Her sister was present in the Moody revival service in Edinburgh when the composer first introduced the new song; she said, in describing Eliza beth, “ She was bom in Edinburgh in 1830. She was a very quiet little child, shrinking from notice and always ab sorbed in books. The loss of both par ents at an early age taught her sor row. Her love for poetry was a pas sion. Among the sick and suffering she won the name of Sunbeam. She wrote the poem ‘Ninety and Nine’ for a friend in 1868 who had it published in The Children’s Hour. It was copied from thence into various publications but was comparatively little noticed.” Sankey wrote: “We were about to take the train for Edinburgh. . . . I bought a weekly newspaper for a penny. . . . We sought the seclusion and rest which a first-class railway carriage in Great Britain affords. . . . I began perusing my lately-purchased newspaper. . . . My eyes fell upon a little piece of poetry in a comer of the paper. I carefully read it over and at once made up my mind that this would make a great hymn for evan gelistic work — if it had a tune. . . . I cut out the poem and placed it in my scrapbook. “At the noon meeting, on the second day . . . the subject was “ The Good Shepherd” . . . Mr. Moody turned to me with the question, ‘Have you a solo appropriate for this subject, with which to close the service?’ At this moment I seemed to hear a voice say ings ‘Sing the hymn you found on the train.’ Placing the little news paper slip on the organ in front of me, I lifted my heart in prayer. . . . Laying my hands upon the organ I struck the key of A-flat and began to sing. Note by note the tune was given, which has not changed from that day to this. As the singing ceased the song had reached the hearts of my Scots audience. . . .” (It was the first tune Sankey had ever composed.)
• Maidens succumb to demon possession • A sain tly nurse binds! the wounds o f the leprous • New Tokyo arises out of the ashes of defeat • Dr. Bob Pierce takes God’s word to Asia • People run to Christ in great , evangelistic campaign SEE IT IN YOUR CHURCH
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