June, 1939
T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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JULY 16, 1939 THE HUSBANDMAN L u k e 8:4-15; 1 C o r in t h ia n s 3:6-8 Meditation on the Lesson
How many a Christian "athlete” has failed to "obtain,” how many have failed of their goal—“the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”! Why? The rea son is that many have not learned that which the athlete should know—the im portance of obeying training rules, of prac ticing self-control, of keeping the body “un der.” Furthermore, if the ordinary athlete in the race really desires to gain the reward, he- must "lay aside every weight." In this connection, Alexander Maclaren writes: “If a poor runner for a wreath of parsley or of laurel cannot hope to win the fading prize unless all his powers áre strained to the uttermost, the Christian athlete has still more certainly to run, so as the racer has to do, ‘that he may obtain.' Loose-flowing robes are caught by every thorn, and a soul which is not girded up is sure to be hindered in its course. ‘This one thing I do’ is the secret of all successful doing." Helps for the Leader i. "So R u n ” 1. Concentration of energy and powers (1 Cor. 9:24: Rom. 1:15; Acts 20:24). 2. Rigid self-control (1 Cor. 9:25, 27; Heb. 12:1; 2 Tim. 2:4, 5; 1 Cor. 6:12). 3. Definiteness and concentration of aim (1 Cor. 9:26; Psa. 27:4; Phil." 3:13, 14). —H. M. C. II. S triv in g W e have to strive against ourselves and against the world. W e must put away our
own grossness, as athletes by severe train ing rid themselves of all superflous flesh. Then we must also put away from us the sin that surrounds us, that quite besets us, on all sides, whether in the world or in the church, as runners must have the course cleared and the crowd of onlookers that press around removed far enough to give them the sense of breathing freely and run ning unimpeded in a large space . . . T o run our course successfully, we must keep our eyes steadily fixed on Jesus . . . He leads onward our faith till we attain the goal, and for every advance we make In the course, He strengthens, sustains, and in the end completes our faith. The runner, when he seizes the crown, will not be found to have been exhausted by his efforts. — Expositor’s Bible. III. V a l u a b l e S t o c k A young man in one of ¿he hospitals said carelessly, in reply to a remark of the sur geon, "Oh, yes, my folks are all religious— all the family a long way back. I don't take much stock in that sort of thing my self.” “You have inherited stock in it, and very valuable stock," gravely answered the sur geon attending him. “I wouldn’t sneer at it if I were you. Do you know why you are recovering so rapidly—why the bones knit and the wound heals? It is because those ancestors of yours have bequeathed to you good, clean blood, and a sound, healthy constitution—the physical make-up of those who have kept God's laws." —Sunday at Home.
In a sense, all are husbandmen, "for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Gal. 6 :7 ). The natural man must always face the harvest of corruption which comes as the result of sowing to the “flesh.” “They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind,” says the prophet (Hos. 8 :7 ). But the Christian’s husbandry is very different, for “he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting” (Gal. 6 :8 ). In the parable of the household er and wicked husbandmen, spoken by our Lord (Matt. 21:33-41), we have a picture of God as the householder and of mankind as the husbandmen who despitefully used their master’s messengers and finally put to death his very own son, even as sinful man rejected and still rejects the Son of God Himself. “When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him. He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons" (Matt. 21:40, 41). Have we as the "other husbandmen," re deemed by the blood of Christ, been faith ful in rendering unto Him "the fruits in their seasons”? There may be times, of course, when we feel that our labors have been in vain, when apparently there seems no harvest. Then the injunction is, “Let us • PRAYING HYDE A present-day challenge to prayer. Here are presented glimpses into the amazing prayer life of John Hyde, a missionary in India, whose interces sion “ch an g ed things*' (Cloth bound) ..................... ........................ 50c • BY FAITH ByDr. andMrs.HowardTaylor The story of Dr. Henry W. Frost is the story of the China Inland Mission in North America. This interesting book relates its “God-directed begin nings and gradual development.** .............................................................$1.25 • MARY REED OF CHANDAG ByLeeS. Huizcnga A sketch of the work and efforts of this beloved woman who has been serving for 47 years as a missionary to the Leper Colony of Chandag. ................... ................... ........................35c • A THOUSAND MILES OF MIRACLE IN CHINA ByArchibaldE. Glover
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