King's Business - 1918-12

1062 of unusual value. A splendid com­ pany of men and women from the field with Navajo and Hopi converts, In all about one hundred and fifty persons came together to hear the word of the Lord. Brother Prichard won the hearts of his hearers by his fatherly interest in all as well as by his very helpful exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Brother Horton showed us the hopelessness of human nature and lifted up our Lord Jesus Christ so that we saw Him anew and worshipped Him. Brother Farr charmed us and held our closest attention while he unfolded to us the Revelation. Brother Smith was better than ever with his large class in the study of the Sunday School lessons of the fourth quarter. Souls were quickened by the power of God. Needed money for improve­ ments was gladly given, all present seemed to be blessed. The very last incident of the closing service was the surrender of a soul to Christ. — F. G. MITCHELL. TRUE BIBLE STUDY Many go to the Bible to find proofs of what they already believe. What­ ever their form of church government is, they go to the Bible and find a text to vindicate it. Whatever their particu­ lar theology is, they open the Scrip-

THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NESS tures with the express purpose of find­ ing the proof that they are right. How few are teachable! The true believer in the Scriptures goes with an unprejudiced mind, truly, humbly, honestly desirous of knowing, what is true. No matter who lives or dies;' who goes up or who goes down, what is truth must be and ever is the supreme inquiry of honest and teach­ able spirits. Men are prone to believe what is handed on to them from one genera­ tion to another without personal inquiry into the foundations and roots of the doctrines they were required to accept. Do not call such acceptance by the noble name of FAITH. Those who ' accept doctrines in that fashion are not students, scholars or enquirers; they are merely passive and indifferent custodians, uttering words which have in them no rays of life and no reality. Would that we could all come to the Bible afresh, divesting the mind of everything we ever heard, and reading the Scriptures through from end to end, turning over every page with the breath of this prayer, “ SPIRIT DIVINE, SHOW ME WHAT IS TRUTH.” Every man would then have the Bible richly dwelling in him, not as a series of sep­ arate and isolated texts, but as a spirit, a genius, a revelation, a guardian angel.’’-^—Dr. Joseph Parker.

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