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C H R IS T I N T H E C IT IES By John Bunyan Smith A R O U N D T H E W O R L D W I T H T H E GOSPEL By Oscar S. Zintmermann R E V IV A L I N EU ROPE By Ruth Paxson Next¿Enuttf W H E R E A R E T H E M A R K S O F T H E CROSS ? By Will H. Houghton T H E M IN IS T E R ’S SEC U LA R R E A D IN G By Wilbur M. Smith
T H E H O U S E AC R O S S T H E H E D G E ( A Story) By Grace Livingston Hill
Internationally known as one of the finest examples of Spanish Renaissance architecture in America, the structure pictured at the right is called the Tower of the Science of Man. Mark ing the western entrance to Balboa Park, San Diego, where the California Pacific International Exposition is be ing held, this structure emphasizes, in its name, the deep-rooted desire of man for self-exaltation. Yet “ what is man, that thou {Lor
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The Bible Institute of Los Angeles is fortunate in securing the services, of strong Bible teachers during the period of its Summer Bible Con ference. The following is a partial list of expected speakers. Henry C. Thiessen, Associate Professor of Bible and Philosophy at Wheaton College, Wheaton, ife will speak on "The Living Messages of the Books of the Bible." John E. Brown, evangelist and founder of the John Brown Schools, Siloam Springs, ArL, will bring evangelistic messages daily in the closing days of the conference. E. L. McCreery, Vice-President and Dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, will furnish exegetical studies from the First Epistle of John. John A. Hubbard, member of the faculty of the Bible Institute, will teach the book of Romans. ‘ Other speakers include Louis T. Talbot, pastor of the Church of the
Open Door and Président of the Bible Institute, Robert L. Evans, pastor of the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, Calif., Roy L. Laurin, pastor of the Union Church, San Gabriel, Calif. The daily program will be strong and varied. Ample time will be allowed for recreation— hiking, boating, golf, tennis, and sea bathing. The Conference Grounds are a short distance from the ocean, and twenty-one miles from Los Angeles. A C C O M M O D A T IO N S Cabins,, casitas, and tent houses offer comfortable housing. For a family of two, a ten-day vacation in one of the floored tents, including light, water, gas, blankets, linen, and housekeeping equipment, requires an outlay of only $1 1.50. Information regarding accommodations and program will gladly be sent upon request.
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A AmericanBoardofMissions ToTheJews, Inc. 31 Throop Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Ask for our free booklet “ Jewish Mission Annuity Bonds.** T 2fteSihle fornii# Sitatine Motto : “ Unto him that loved us , and washed us from our sins in his own blood .” —R ev . 1:5. Volume X X V I July, 1935 Number 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Bible -Institute Representatives Tour Pacific Coast...........................242 Around the King’s Table— Louis T. Talbot.... .................................. 243 Christ in the Citiesfe-rjohn Bunyan Smith................................. ..........244 Around the World with the Gospel—Oscar S. Zimmermann..........246 Revival in Europe— The Evidences of It—Ruth Paxson...............248 v Socialism, Communism, Fascism: “ Three Unclean Spirits like Frogs’j —Louis S. Bauman.................................... ............. 252 To' a Tired Worker—William Olney.................... ......... ......................255 Helps for Preachers and Teachers— Paul Prichard...........................256 Bible Institute Family Circle.........................—....................................257 Junior King’s Business—Martha S. Hooker..................................... 259 International Lesson Commentary-.,..—............ ......— ...................... 261 Notes on Christian Endeavor—Mary G. Goodner................... :........268 Evangelistic Notices .......................................................................... 271 Daily Devotional Readings.......................... 272 Our Literature Tab le................................................................................278 I N F O R M A T I O N F O R S U B S C R I B E R S A D V E R T IS IN G : For information with reference to advertising in THE KINO'S BUSINESS, address the ADVERTISING MANAGER. 558 SOUTH HOPE STREET, LOS ANGELES, CALIF., or our eastern representative. Religious Press Association, $25 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, Pa., or $33 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Entered as Second Class Matter November 17, 1910, at the Post Office at Los Angeles, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage pro vided for in Section 1103, Act of October 8, 1917, authorized October 1, 1918. 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PO LIC Y A S D E F IN E D B Y T H E BOARD OF D IR EC T O R S OF T H E B IB L E IN ST IT U T E OF LOS A N G ELE8 (a) To stand for the infallible Word of God and its great fundamental truths, (b) To strengthen the faith of all believers, (c) To stir young men and women to fit themselves for and engage in definite Christian work, (d) To make the Bible Institute of Los Angeles known, (e) To magnify God our Father and the person, work and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; and to teach the transforming power of the Holy Spirit in our present practical life, (f) To emphasize in strong, constructive messages the great foundations of Christian faith. 558 So. Hope St., BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES, Los Angele«, California 242 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S July, 1935 BIBLE INST ITUTE REPRESENTATIVES T O U R PACIFIC COAST H eading north as it leaves the Bible Institute on June 20, the “ Good News Special” will carry five enthu siastic Bible Institute representatives on their journey to fill appointments in churches all along the way from Los Angeles to Vancouver. The big silver-grey bus, purchased by Rev. W . F. Rawlins a few years ago for the purpose of taking the gospel to rural districts in America, is unique— an attraction in any community. Equipped for light house keeping, the car has the added advantage o f a rear platform suitable for outdoor meetings. T he P ersonnel The party is composed o f Mr. and Mrs. Rawlins, representing the Institute, and three young men stu dents o f the Institute who sing together. For two sum mers, during the Century o f Progress in Chicago, Mr. Rawlins had charge o f the open-air activities o f the Chris tian Business Men’s Committee. He rendered valuable ser vice to the World’s Christian Fundamentals Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Rawlins is an accomplished musi cian. Besides vocal numbers by the trio, the musical pro grams-will include selections on the piano accordion and the Deagan Unifone bells. P opular S tereopticon L ectures The plan is to assist pastors in their summer programs by means o f special music and by stereopticon lectures, pre senting the gospel o f the Lord Jesus Christ as the only means of combating the evils which menace our Christian civilization. Actual photographs o f existing conditions in Russia, showing churches demolished, believers exiled, starvation endured, and cannibalism practiced in the land where, officially, God is ruled out, portray the awful results of a system that is rapidly spreading to other countries. The sweep o f godless influences through many o f the colleges and universities o f America is indicated in a series o f strik ing photographs which follow the pictures on Russia. It is estimated that at least 150,000 P reaching C hrist It should be clearly understood that it is not to combat communism or atheism, as such, that this gospel quintet goes forth. The group is determined, as Paul was* “ not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him cru cified.” The message is positive, Scriptural. The illustrated messages open the way for the presentation o f salvation truth. The questions on every hand today a re: What o f anti- christian influences in the United States? And what is to be done to hinder their advance ? Wordlessly, these questions are answered— and very conclusively— by stereopticon slides that trace the history o f the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles through more than twenty-five wonderful years o f faithful teaching o f the Word of God. During this period, over 2,000 young men and young women have received a personal working knowl edge of the Bible, and have gone out to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth. And this gospel is what the world needs—the only remedy for humanity’s many ills. In Mr. Rawlins’ lecture, the views o f Institute life bring observers into the classrooms, the dining room, the students’ dormi tories ; they introduce them to the faculty, to business ex ecutives, to members o f the graduating class of 1935; they indicate the fields o f student employment and o f mission ary interest. In brief, they depict the practical aspects of Christian training. The quintet has appointments in the following centers: Ventura, Paso Robles, Oakland, Ber keley, and San Francisco, Calif.; in Roseburg, O re.; in Seattle, Salem, Portland, Tacoma, Everett, and Centralia, Wash.; and in Vancouver, B. C. Would you not like to have this consecrated group in your church? There are a few open dates in the ten-weeks’ schedule which begins June 20. Why not invite the work ers to your community ? The illustrated lectures, the music,: the messengers, and even the bus itself will speak for Qh rist. And there are no financial stipulations whatever; freewill offer ings are all that is asked. The Bible Institute of Los Angeles is depending upon its friends to make known far and wide the coming o f the Good News Special. Will you help? Please write today for information and open dates t o : Bible Institute o f Los Angeles, 558 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, Calif. people have heard these messages in the last two years. A Christian leader in Pennsylvania writes: . “ Mr. Rawlins delivers a strong message that is Scrip tural, sound, and sane. He does not use any extreme pressure in his methods. We have found him and his wife to be consecrated Christian workers with but one object in view and this is ‘souls.’ ” Above, the central group is composed of Rev. and Mrs. W . F. Rawlins (right) and the gospel trio. In the view at the left, a street meeting is being held, the speaker addressing the crowd from the platform of the bus. At the right is the Good News Special in which the quintet will tour the Pacific Coast this summer. 243 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S July, I93S c _Around the King’s Tables By Louis T. T albot homes, makes of our citizens wretched butchers. War stinks to high heaven as a product o f human sin. But the question to which we must address ourselves is, “ What shall be the Christian’s attitude toward war ?” Is he to flee from it as a coward would do? Should he plunge into it with all the fervor o f his life, setting aside, for the time being,.personal scruples? Is he to prove a “ slacker,” dodging the “ draft” just as long1as he can ? Would such a course be honorable, or would it be more like a Christian to accept some position in which he could assist his fellow patriots but still be among the noncombatants ? Should he scorn the position o f a chaplain or a Y . M. C. A. worker and consider that the most Christian thing for him to do would be to get into a regular uniform of the army or navy ? What attitude should he. take toward the “ draft” ? Does it hurt his conscience to be trapped into service? Or, on the other hand, is. he, as so many are suggesting at the present time, to be a full-fledged conscientious “ objector,” an abso lute “ pacifist” ? Surely there faces us here a formidable array o f real questions. W e give devout thanks to think that no major issue is so pressing upon us at the present moment that our boys need answer these questions in hurried fashion; yet, men all about us are answering these questions, and perhaps it would be well for us in these days o f peace to think the matter through carefully. The real question is : “ What saith the Scripture?” And to this we answer that the Scriptures give to us a long line o f definite principles which we are to apply to our individual cases in answering these questions. That list of principles is altogether too lengthy for us to adduce it here in any detail. W e can only suggest the faintest outline o f some of its most salient articles. With these in hand, no man need go astray before a God who gives “ to all men liberally, and upbraideth not,” when we ask o f Him without wavering. First, then, to the question; “ What shall be the attitude o f the Christian toward war?” W e answer that with all his heart he will hate war as a product o f human sin. He alone understands fully that war is a product o f human sin. As a Christian, he will make every effort to prevent war from coming upon the nation and the world. He will not buy peace at the price o f his conscience, but he will be loyal to all o f those who labor honorably to be peacemakers when war is imminent. Failing to maintain peace, he will accept war as an evil and will continue to hate it with all his heart. In a word, he will believe in fighting the Adversary and all his works. Certainly, war is one o f the Adversary’s works. In the second place, the Christian will not allow the fact o f war to disrupt his faith in Christ. He will steadily maintain his faith. In times gone by, war has proved a major instrument in the hands o f Satan to weaken and destroy the religious faith o f men, but a Christian will never permit his faith to be shattered. He knows that the Lord Jesus Christ has bought him with His own precious blood. He knows that his Lord has risen again and has created in him a new heart o f faith. He knows that his Lord is the sovereign, triumphant Lord o f the Scriptures. He knows that all things work together for good to them that [Continued on page 250] [The matter for discussion this month is presented by Rev. Paul Prichard, a member o f the faculty o f the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. President Talbot, whose com'ments usually appear on this page, has been absent from the Institute, filling engage ments in the East. — E ditor .] The Attitude of the Christian Toward War H ere is a subject that has “ arrived.” The air is full o f it. Over ten thousand ministers o f the gospel have definitely gone on record, stating that they will never take part in war again. The religious press wastes reams of paper discussing it. International figures ytter solemn sen tences regarding it. Student groups, colleges^ and univer sities keep the pot boiling, while patriotic organizations and religious denominations pass scores o f resolutions re lative to it. Even the movies keep it before the general public. Perhaps, then, we can add but very little to the. multitude of things already in print. Some have suggested that this1question has “ arrived” in the same fashion as other questions have “ arrived.” The question o f slavery, is an illustration in point. If you should go to Egypt, Palentine, and Babylon, you would find mas sive monuments which testify all too clearly of the presence of slavery in early days. Immense rocks were hoisted into place upon the backs o f human beings. Great droves of toiling, sweating, dying men were cursed by this human institution which began almost at the dáwn o f history and has continued almost to our day. Into a world run by slave labor tlTe Lord Jesus was born, and, strange to say, He seems never to have said a word on the subject o f slavery. Nevertheless, in process o f time, His gospel has produced a world that is now set against the ownership o f human be ings as chattels, and for this outcome we all rejoice. And. many voices are proclaiming that in like manner and in the process o f time, war is to disappear from the face o f the world. Here aga'in we have a subject about which Jesus seems to have said little or nothing. .Nevertheless, the matter shall receive consummate and effectual treatment, say our present-day leaders. The Christian who knows the Bible, however, is not tricked into thinking that the institution called “ W ar” is going to yield easily to the magic wand o f the modernist who bids it be gone. W e learned some time ago that a “ peace pact” easily becomes a “ scrap o f paper.” W e ought to learn, along with that, that sin is sin. It festers and cankers and breaks out in open rebellion everywhere. It makes the individual rebellious against his God and out of harmony with his fellow man. It does the very same thing with groups o f society, whole nations and groups of na tions, and that spirit o f strife spells “ War.” So long, there fore, as sin is here in this world, war is a potentiality. We can expect it to be an actuality. The Christian who has his Bible open has learned the facts concerning the Antichrist, Armageddon, and many other matters pertaining to future conflict. Let us take no time describing war in its terrible aspects. Every one knows that war brings desolation and distress o f every kind. It wrecks the ordinary course o f society’s life, brings us to the verge o f bankruptcy, sunders fond CHRIST in the (flies r B y J O H N B U N Y A N S M IT H * San Diego, California o P i ^ C y { J ~ 0 -y' •. * over by a foreign populace. Within a short distance o f Independence Hall in Philadelphia, there may be found a “ Little Italy,” a “ Little Jerusalem,” and a “ Black Belt.” F acing the P roblem of th e C ity San Diego, the sixth city in population in California, has more than thirty nationalities; and in this one city, the government census declares that there are 226 different organized religions and cults. Between the Theosophic Temple erected on Point Loma by Madame Tingley and the Buddhist Temple on the hill on East Market Street can be found all shades o f color, various modes of living, and all types o f religions. The Apostle Paul entering learned Athens and immoral Corinth, never faced a more difficult task for the preaching o f the gospel than the Christian teacher now faces in such a city as San Diego. But, we ask, must the city be bad? The city is a living thing. Its heart’s blood is either good or bad, and in the midst of its seething turmoil are to be found some of God’s sweetest saints and also the devil’s worst emissaries. S eeing the C ity as G od S ees I t The world’s moral and spiritual battles have been fought in the cities. Jesus and the apostles attacked the cities. The heart of God has always been moved toward the cities, though they have too often been the hotbeds of sin. He sent His angels to Sodom, and there were not found ten righteous citizens. Modern Sodoms have more kinds of hell than Dante ever imagined. The city is the loneliest place on God’s earth. Men sleep, but the cities never sleep. H istory is the story of great cities. It has been said, “ God made the country, man made the town, and the devil made the city.” If that be true, then we can well understand why God sent His messengers to Nineveh, Baby lon, Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome. As the ancient world was ruled by the cities, so the modern world is now being ruled by the cities. This dominance is evident in modern Europe when we note the influence o f modern Paris, Berlin, Leningrad, and Rome upon the nations o f which they are the capitals. Dr. Smith This condition is also apparent in our own beloved land when we see the mighty influence that New York, Phila delphia, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and Los Angeles wield in the political, economic, social, and spiritual realms of American life. Macaulay declared that the, real test o f the American Republic would come when the population o f the cities exceeded that o f the rural districts. That day is here. For the first time in American history, the majority of the people live in the cities. The city is the magnet for youth. Modern cities have become polyglot. -When Paul Revere rode through the streets of Boston on that eventful night, he rode through an American city. Visit the house in which he lived, and you discover that the district is wholly taken *Pastor, First Baptist Church. 245 T H E k l N G ' S B U S I N E S S July, 1935 drew together this Christian group consisting of a business woman from Asia (Lyd ia), a converted Grecian girl, and a Roman jailer. The Jewish-born preacher who was also a Roman citizen became their spiritual adviser. U nder the T ouch of C hrist Christ came to Ephesus, and in the very heart o f pagan ism a glorious church was born. Many magnified the name o f Jesus, the magicians abandoned their magic, and the whole city fell under the spell o f the gospel. Christless craftsmen who commercialized religion found the power o f the free gospel greater than that o f Diana. Christ came to Thessalonica, the second city in Greece, a city that was free, wealthy, immoral, a seat o f pagan idolatry. Many not only accepted the truth o f Christ’s first advent for their redemption, but they loved Him ¡and longed for the day o f His second coming as well. Christ came to Rome, the great metropolis, the cross roads of the world, thronged with freemen and slaves. The populace lived for the races o f the hippodrome and the combats in the colosseum. T o this city came a lone prisoner who gathered about himself in his own hired house a small group of Christians. Christ so indwelt this group that all the fires of persecution and the wild beasts o f the arena could not stamp out their loyal love to their Lord. The colosseum and the catacombs stand today as monuments to Modern cities have become the world’s problem. That time is here o f which Wendell Phillips spoke when he said, “ The time will come when our cities will strain our Constitution as slavery never did.” The loving heart o f Christ has always gone out to our cities. He forgot the clamor of His triumphal march into Jerusalem, and, while the people poured out their hearts in great acclaim, He poured out His tears in bitter sorrow. He saw. the city, He sorrowed over it, and He suffered for the city. Drummond said, “ Christ did three things for His city ; He looked upon it, He wept over it, and He went out and died for it.” History began in a garden; it will end in the heavenly Holy City. If Christianity fails in the city, it will fail everywhere. God is calling the city to Himself. The evan gelization o f the city is one o f the boldest challenges Christ has ever given to His church. Shall our cities be pagan, or shall they be evangelized ? C hristian T estimony in A ncient C ities Christ came to Jerusalem, the capital o f the Jewish world. From Jerusalem went the gospel to the ends o f the earth. In the lives o f His followers,'Christ came to An tioch, Pompey’s Gentile capital o f Syria. Rich in history, rotten in religion, Antioch discovered that the preaching of the gospel resulted in a revival. Contempt for Christ coined the nickname “ Christian.” That wicked city was com pelled to take notice. Licen tiousness was rebuked, ex travagance checked, luxury abandoned by many, a n d true worship set up. There was organized a glorious, church, and the Son o f God was highly honored in that city. Christ came to Corinth, the city o f commerce and sin. Corinth worshiped gold, drank deep o f worldly pleas ure, wallowed in the mire o f vice, theaters, temples, palaces— a thousand priest esses of V e n u s filled to overflow the cesspool of pol lution. Brutal athletics, lux ury, pleasure, crime, sensu ality' made Corinth a second Sodom. To this corrupt, city Christ came in a lone man, Paul the preacher. Athens had broken Paul’s heart. Paul determined to know nothing in Corinth “ save Jesus Christ, and him cruci fied.” In two years, a flour ishing church sprang u p ; re deemed men p ra y e d and worshiped the true God. The cross was victorious, and the conduct o f many of the citizens was corrected. Christ came to Philippi. The Macedonian beckoned Paul over to that shore, and the first convert there was a business woman from the city. Paul, the first preacher o f the gospel in E u r o p e , those who died in the open and those who worshiped underground/ And f r o m Rome the gospel o f Christ was carried to the cities of the known world. C ities a F ield of O ppor tun ity T oday If Christ and the early Christians thus challenged and conquered in these old world cities, is not that same gospel as powerful to win its way in the cities o f today ? Let none disparage the noble workers who t o i l faithfully for Christ in the rural fields. Were it not for them and their converts who move into our cities,1 the churches would as surely disappear as the seven city churches o f Asia M i n o r vanished. But how much more glorious a n d e a s y would be the task o f these splendid w o r k e r s in the great open places were our cities teeming with earnest Christians who love Christ supremely and seek the lost millions in our cities! T he T ask of S an D iego ’ s C hristians T o this end, when San Diego was planning her great playday known as the California Pacific Interna tional Exposition, a few of God’s people also b e g a n planning to attack the city for Christ with the gospel. Hundreds o f thousands o f [Continued on page 280] !tYBy Save Sornas” The Exposition Evangelistic Campaign— an intensive effort to win souls in San Diego during the period of the California Pacific Interna tional Exposition (May 29 to November 11)— has its headquarters in the First Baptist Church, of which John Bunyan Smith is the pastor. Only two other similar attempts have been made to reach World's Fair visitors with the gospel— and both of these efforts were in Chicago: one about forty years ago, and the other during the recent Century of Progress in 1933 and 1934. In San Diego, meetings will be held for 167 consecutive nights— the entire period of the Exposition. The First Baptist Church is admirably located in the heart of the downtown area, yet it is only six blocks from the Fair Grounds. In addition to the many tourists who are visiting South ern California this summer, 60,000 naval service men will be stationed in San Diego at the time that the Pacific Fleet lies at anchor in the harbor. Groups of sailors may be seen in the audience night after night. Dr. Smith, the pastor of the church and the leader of this effort, is an army chaplain with the rank of Captain. He has held six pastorates, and recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of his call to the .First Baptist Church of San Diego. He preaches "Christ crucified"— the One the sinner needs. In the last ten-year period, there have been 2,200 additions to the church and $460,000 given for all purposes, of which $140,000 went to missions. His aim is that his church may be, in the truest sense, a rescue mission. Associated with Dr. Smith are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Alexander, Mr. Alexander serving as song leader and publicity director, and his wife assisting with the music. The Alexander publication, NEW SINGABLE SONGS, is the official Exposition Campaign chorus book. A selection from this book appears on page 257. The Exposition Evangelistic Campaign will be in session for twenty- five weeks and will bring that number and more of outstanding ministers and evangelists from all over the country. In addition to these men, Gipsy Smith, Sr., will come from England for meetings August 4 to 18. By their prayers, all the Lord's people may have a share in the harvest which it may please God to give. July, 1935 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S 246 7 c _Aroundthe WORLD withthe GOSPEL B y OSCAR S. ZIMMERMANN Berkeley, California saw more o f God’s manifold blessing in answer to prayer. W e had to choose among November 3, 10, and 17 as sailing dates from San Francisco, and wisdom and guidance were required. Does it make any difference which o f three dates one selects for one’s . departure on a trip o f six and a half O N board ship,: noting the mileage covered each day is one of the pleasant pastimes. T h e “ P r e s id en t Pierce,” a steamer o f the Dollar Line, on which a world-girdling voyage was begun, was due to arrive in Honolulu on a Thursday morning at six o ’clock, and was to sail the same day at 6 p . m . Our good ship made better than the necessary mileage, and it was soon evi dent that we would reach the Islands earlier than the scheduled time; in fact, we arrived on Wednesday at 3 p . m . The splendor of Hawaii before us, song and flowers at the dock, and the prayer meeting at Kakaako Mission Wednes day night! W e knew that the speed test was necessary for United States mail contracts, but God allowed us to be on that vessel in order to let us go to that months? We were led to sail on No vember 17, and on our way to the Or ient we learned the reason for this decision. It is unusual to find many missiqnaries crossing the Pacific so late in the season, but our ship carried a goodly number o f these workers. Among them was a man and his wife whom God wanted me to meet. The Lord had impressed this man upon me by having him call at my office in San Francisco the day before the ship sailed. Why? It developed that these two friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. V . Dawes, had been in China for some thirty years, knew conditions in North China and Manchuria, knew o f the needs in several ports, and knew men who could be used. A fund for literature having been provided before our sailing, the Oscar S. Zimmermann result of our contact with these missionaries on board ship was that arrangements were made for the opening o f gos pel work among seamen in four ports in China, one in Manchuria, and another in Korea— six in all. And all the preliminaries were cared for before the boat landed us in Kobe, Japan. Revival fires were burning in North China, believers were eager to go out as witnesses, many young men were ready to serve the Lord. One real lack was the desired lit erature, and here was the representative o f the Immanuel Mission to Seamen with abundant supplies, looking for co workers irt these needy ports! God brought us together on board ship, and used us to establish this new work. On the vessel, prayer meetings were held daily, and leisure hours were devoted to missionary planning, with special conferences on missions in the ports. Mr. Y . Ohba received us at the dock in Yokohama, and there we inspected the gospel work carried on along a twenty-five mile front of Yokohama Bay, from Yokohama to Tokio, by this faithful worker o f ours and four part- time helpers. Kobe was the next port, with near-by Osaka, in both of which we have full-time workers. From the former har- prayer meeting. W e rejoiced to see again Mr. and Mrs. Guernsey Brown and Mr. and Mrs. William Oyer, and to get a glimpse of their labors as these former Bible Institute students minister in that needy field to nationals of many lands. W e enjoyed sweet fellowship with others from our vessel who came to the Mission with us, and as a result of that prayer meeting some 50,000 pieces of literature were provided for that field, our harbor work enlarged, prayer answered, and the consciousness granted that God would bless the entire trip. Thousands o f men and women were and are being reached in that field alone. W hen the L ord P lans the S ailing D ate On the journey from Hawaii to Japan and Korea, we [As founder and General Director of the Immanuel Mission to Seamen, Mr. Zimmermann, a graduate of the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles in the class o f 1913, has seen many tokens o f the Lord’s favor and direction in his endeavor to reach the shifting maritime population with the gospel o f lesus Christ. The work o f the Mission is carried on on board the ships; no mission halls are maintained on shore. Last year Mr. Zimmermann made a six- months’ tour ground the world., seeking openings fo r witness in many new ports. "On the whole trip around the world," Mr. Zim mermann declares, “ The Dollar Line vessels arrived on the minute scheduled, displaying an accuracy in planning which is one o f the marvels o f modern navigation.’’^- E ditor .] July, 1935 247 Whatever the environment, the supreme need of human hearts the world around is for the good news of salvation In Christ Jesus. From top to bottom, the accompanying pic tures portray: Tropical vegetation along the Malayan coast; a tea house at Shanghai, China; the Bund at Shanghai; and a Moham medan mosque In India. These Illustrations, as well as the reproduction of the painting of an ocean liner, which appears at the beginning of this article, are being used through the courte sy of the Dollar Steamship Lines. senger on a Dutch freighter gave me many privileges. Who can describe the scenic beauties o f the Java Sea and the tropical island cities and ports of the Dutch East Indies? But with the beauties o f nature comes the sense o f the need among 50,000,000 perish- ing souls of many races, for whom very little true gospel effort is being put ^ forth. What a field of opportunity waits wide open for Christian man hood and womanhood today! Do none hear the call ? [Continued on page 277] opened to gospel work on the ships; tracts were printed in 25,000 lots in several o f the dialects, in two of which there previously had been ho tracts at all. The work is continuing with great blessing in these three ports. T he S tory of the P ipe L ine One little incident which occurred at this time will no doubt prove in teresting and helpful in its indication that God allowed our vessel to be de layed in the port o f Cebu long enough to accomplish His p u r p o 's e . Our Dutch freighter was on a definite schedule, and we were due in Cebu on Sunday afternoon (I hoped, in time for evening service). W e sailed into port in good time, but we did not dock. Instead, we were, ordered to proceed miles away to discharge at an oil dock. The plan was for the vessel to pump out oil all night, move into Cebu Harbor the next day, and sail soon afterwards. How I wanted to see Mr. and Mrs. John Dunlop, for mer Institute studen ts, thirty-five miles away at Carcar! I longed also to see the port work^ established, but God alone could allow for time in this district. The unusual came to pass. The oil discharge pipe broke down, and a new one took a long time for in stallation and proved unsuitable. Thus the ship was delayed two or three days. As a result, the visit to Carcar was immensely enjoyed, Cebu port work was established, and we moved on to other fields, praising our God who had speeded up a ship in one in stance and had used for greater bless ing the delayed sailing o f another. “ With God all things are possible.” B atavia to R angoon My three weeks as the only pas bor—Japan’s largest— tens o f thou sands o f Japanese, in many instances whole families, have been given the Word of God as they have gone out to colonize Brazil. How G od U sed an I nterview and a G ospel After an all-day trip in Korea, we reached Mokpo, a city of some 50,000 souls in Southwestern Korea. There we were reminded o f the power that there is in the Word of God, and of the value o f a single conversation. Near by are 1,335 inhabited islands under the jurisdiction o f Mokpo, only twelve of which had been evangelized at the time that one o f the islanders called on our evangelist. W e learned that after an interview and the pre sentation o f a Gospel to this visitor from one of the unreached islands, an urgent request had come to our evan gelist to come over and tell the Story, and that, as a result, sixteen souls were saved. Later a church was built, as others were added to the number o f believers, a worker was stationed on the island, and the work spread to fourteen other islands within one year. F urther E xpansion Upon our return to Japan, we visited Mino Mission, where the mis sionaries extended a warm welcome. Great persecution has been their lot; but God has owned the work, and it was a joy to meet with missionaries and some twenty-five or thirty Japa nese believers to plan the opening of three ports near by. With a second new station opened in Korea, this ex pansion brought the number to ten harbors opened in about one month of travel: In China we saw God working on our behalf in opening a new phase of service among British Army and Navy men and Indian policemen in Hong kong, for whom we had the privilege o f supplying literature. Space forbids details o f our visits to Shanghai and Canton harbors, where two of our large stations are located. W e went next to Manila, where our vessel ar rived early on January 1. Here we spent one month in Philippine and Dutch East Indian waters. In Manila we saw much blessing, our work being reopened with new helpers. We had the joy of ministering to missionaries and native pastors and evangelists from all over the Philippines, as they met in conference just at that time. From them we learned much o f the gospel work and needs in these three thousand islands where some eighty- six dialects are spoken. Here in these islands, too, we saw the Lord at work, as Iloilo Harbor and Cebu were both July, 1935 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S 248 Revivalin EUROPE^ T H E E V I D E N C E S O F I T B y RUTH PAXSON but it did not. It happened in Europe. I was speaking on the third chapter o f John. The next morning, a woman telephoned to my hostess and said, “ Would you please ask Miss Paxson what was the name of the gentleman she was talking o f yesterday?” The gentleman was Nicodemus. This woman had gone to church almost every Sunday of her life, and she had to be introduced to Nicodemus. D octrine W h ich D oes N ot L ead T o V ictory There is often preaching o f a cold, formal doctrine that has no relation to daily living and the practical side o f life. Why is the message o f victory over sin not told ? How to live victoriously is what people want to know in these days. They cannot be satisfied with cold, formal doctrine, even if it is sound and true. They 'want to know how they can have the truth brought down into their daily life. W e need this help in America quite as much as we need it in Europe. Then there is the preaching o f the merely elementary doctrine o f salvation. In Norway, a man who teaches in a Bible school came to see me one day. He rebuked me for the message I was giving. He said no one who had the spirit of humility would teach that it is possible to have vic tory over sin. I was amazed. I said, “ I understand you have a course in Romans. Where does it end? Does it end with the fifth chapter of Romans ?” He saw the point and could not answer that question. Romans does not end with the fifth chapter. I need the sixth, the eighth; I need the twelfth; I need every chapter. I am not going to use a shorter Bible. If we are giving that wonderful message of sanctification by faith as well as justification by faith, if we are teaching that salvation means not only forgiveness from the penalty of sin, but also power over sin, we are not preaching from a shorter gospel. Christ died and He rose again to deliver'us from the bondage o f sin. R ecognition of the H oly S pirit E ssential to R evival Again, there is the ignoring o f the place and person and power o f the Holy Spirit. It is amazing to discover the silence on that subject in Eufope. I verily believe that the condition in Germany today is due partly to the fact that the name of the Holy Spirit has long been banned from the organized church of Germany. A generation ago, there was a revival in Germany, and then it was followed by the Pentecostal movement in one of its most fanatical forms. [In an article which appeared in the June issue of the K ing s B usiness , Miss Paxson described actual paganism and barren professionalism among peoples .of Continental Europe. She brought startling figures showing that there are proportionately few er evangelical witnesses in some European nations than m In dia or China. This month Miss Paxson presents the indications that the Holy Spirit is dealing with the causes o f this spiritual destitution and is creating a desire for revival in Europe .— E ditor .] W h at are the causes of the frightful spiritual drought and destitution in Europe today ? There are many. Word. Rejection o f the divine revelation appears in every Protestant country to some degree. Holland may serve as an example. In one city I was entertained in the home of one o f the pastors of the national church. In that church there were four pastors. Two o f them believed in the deity of Christ and two did not. On the Sunday that the preach ing was to be done by the men that believed in the deity of Christ, all the people who held this view came to church, and the others stayed at home. And on the Sundays that services were in the care of the pastors that did not believe in the deity of Christ, the people who believed likewise went to church, and the others stayed at home. T he N eglected B ook There is also ignorance o f the Word o f God. There is the knowledge of doctrine through the catechism, but mere possession of information is entirely different from the knowledge o f Christ through the Word of God. When I went into many o f the churches, I was delighted to find an open Bible,pn a table at the front. I thought that that was wonderful. But I found that the fact that the Bible was exhibited in the church did not necessarily mean that it was ensconced in the heart as it ought to be. One day when I was in Holland, the people had a Holy Day. The men went to church in their velvet suits, and the women were out in the kind o f dress they have worn through the centuries on such a day. They were going to church, and so was the Bible. The women were carrying something that looked like a lantern encased in glass, with silver trimmings all around it and a long silver chain. I thought it was some kind of a lantern. It was the Bible. The Bible was going to church. But it did not look as though it were used on ordinary days. , May we illustrate again? This could happen in America, I can point out only a few. There is the denial o f God s July, 1935 249 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S There came such a fear over the religious leaders o f Ger many that they actually banned the name o f the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, in Europe today there is evidence that the Holy Spirit, so long disregarded, is moving upon the hearts of men and women for revival. Speaking in one German church, I gave a message on the Holy Spirit. A fter the meeting, the pastor and his wife asked me to remain to tell them how they could have this fullness o f power. For years they had longed for it. That pastor said, “ There has not been a message like this given in Germany for twenty years.” Friends, in other parts of Europe, in other Protestant countries, people are possessed by fear if you mention the name o f the Holy Spirit. Why ? The reason is that the devil is going to see to it that the truth-about the Holy Spirit is not given. You cannot get a revival without the Holy Spirit’s fullness and power. O f course Satan is trying to thwart the giving of that message. If darkness prevails, how do we get the light to enter? Do we shut the windows and keep the darkness in? If there is error, how are we going to get at the truth ? Are we to find the truth by closing our minds and mouths and cover ing the error? No, we must proclaim the truth, and error will be dispelled. E ager -L onging for R evival The Holy Spirit has been dealing with individuals in many parts o f Europe. In Holland I was led to say that God had laid on my heart a great prayer for revival in Hol land. I saw one man look up, and tears sprang into his eyes. After the meeting he came up to me and said, “ I am a con verted Jéw. I have had a tremendous burden for revival for Holland. But I thought I was the only one praying for it. It means so much to know you have that burden, too.” One deeply spiritual woman had been praying for re vival in Denmark and had begun to wonder whether it could ever again come there. She heard that God had put that longing for revival on another heart, and the realiza tion gave her hope and courage to continue. The Reformation did not break out in one country and go to another country. God put it on the hearts of people simultaneously. That is the way the Reformation started in France and Germany and Switzerland. And He is doing the same thing now in putting the prayer for revival on the hearts o f many o f His people simultaneously. U nited in W aiting upon G od A fter I had visited several countries and had seen the need, the hunger, and the loneliness o f those longing for revival in their own land, and Lord led me to pray that these isolated, scattered units might be brought together in one ness of purpose to pray and work under the Holy Spirit’s guidance for revival in Europe. Why should the prayer power o f the Christians o f Europe not be mobilized and focused on revival? Satan is mobilizing his forces very successfully. Should we not expect God, the Holy Spirit, .to unite His forces? One day in Belgium three missionaries of the Belgian Gospel Mission came to spend the afternoon with me over the Word o f God— just to study it together. W e opened the Word to see what the conditions were for a true Spirit- born revival. Then we gave ourselves to prayer for it. I have been in Christian work thirty-five years. Never before had I heard such agonizing crying unto God as in that little group in that humble home. W e determined that we would take the first Tuesday o f every month and set On the opposite page is a view of one of the quiet canals in the Netherlands. The cathedral at Mainz, Germany, is pictured on the right of this page. The illustrations for this article are used through the courtesy of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. that day aside to give the whole day, or as much o f the day as we possibly could, to pray for revival, not only in Bel gium, but in all Europe. Prayer brings an unveiling of God’s will, an unfolding of God’s purpose, an outworking o f God’s plan. God has given a thought at a time, and there has been growth. The next thought was that we should have a week end conference, and God led us to go to Groendael. We learned later that it was in this city that the Reformation began in Belgium. Thirty o f us from five countries were there from Friday afternoon through Sunday night. First o f all, the need of revival and the needs o f the different countries were presented. I wish you could have heard a Frenchwoman, who had three brothers in the war and had hated Germany and Germans, pray for Germany. I wish you could have seen her and the German woman who pre sented Germany’s need, as after that meeting they stood hand in hand with tears in their eyes. Friends, that is peace. Christ is our peace. He hath made peace. And you know we will never get peace ip any other way until He comes again, the Prince o f Peace. There was marvelous fellow ship between the Dutchman and the Frenchman, and the Swiss and the Belgians, for it was “ the unity of the Spirit in the bond o f peace.” P ersistent P rayer for R evival W e considered also the relation o f prayer to revival. We did not merely talk about prayer; we prayed. We got down on our knees, and with no thought of time we stayed as long as the Spirit of God kept us there. A fter three days like that, we thought that this wonderful unity in purpose and prayer must be continued. Our Dutch friends invited us to go to The Hague for a similar conference to which more o f their countrymen might come. There ten countries were represented. There we decided that this prayer fellow ship should be extended if possible. One person from each country was asked to send in the requests for prayer from that country every month to Mr. Willett of the China In land Mission who would compile them in a bulletin, which he would return to the'representative in each country to be translated into that language. There are now over a thou sand people in Europe who are receiving this prayer bulletin
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