March, 1937
T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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OUR CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP SERIES S T E W A R D S H I P
In a time-worn copy of Tbe King’s Business one of Biola’s friends found this pithy advice on wills:
scatter does much more harm than good. The following appeared a while ago in the Backbone Briefs o f the Church of the Open Door Calendar: A Steward Story Two Christian friends were talking about giving their money so that at their death it might count the most in the Lord’s work. One said, “My relatives will expect me to remember them liber ally.” The other asked, “Did your rela tives ever die for you?” This made her think deeply. She was one o f God’s stew ards. She began to think of treasures in heaven and of how wise it would be to lay up treasures, while she could. The Bible says, “ Let no man take they crown.”—T.C.H.
It has come to our notice several times that some of our most earnest friends had fully decided to name the B.I.O.L.A. in their Will, but in at least three in stances recently, the making o f the Will was put off till too late. The law pro vides that in making bequests to reli gious organizations at least thirty days must elapse between the making of a Will and the death o f the testator. Com paratively few know this, but it seems sad that some would-be helpers have their wishes frustrated, and the organiza tion to be benefited loses also. LAY ING UP “TREASURES IN HEAVEN” IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY THING WE CAN HOPE FOR ON EARTH, and many times money left to
The form to be used in your will should read as follows:
L E G A L F O R M O F B E Q U E S T I give and bequeath to THE BIBLE INSTITUTE O F LOS ANGELES, IN C O R PORATED under the laws of the State of California.............................. ................................ .......... ...................................................... Dollars, and I direct that the release of the President of the Board of Trustees of The Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Incorporated, shall be a sufficient
discharge to my executors in the premises. ( S E A L ) ...... ........ .............. .. . . . . . , . . . , , , .
For Counsel in Any Puzzling Question Regarding Estates, Address: BUSINESS DEPARTMENT THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES, INCORPORATED 558 S O U T H H O P E STREET LO S A N G E L E S , C A L IF O R N IA
“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” I Pet. 4:10
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