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T h e - K i n g ' s ' B u s i n e s s
Decèmber 1928
D ecember 14, 1928 Text : Psa. 46:4-5
D ecember 18, 1928 Text: Lk, 9:51
There is a story of a sea-captain, traveling on a railway, who found that he had a young fellow for a companion. The latter, it appeared, was going to a city to live. “Have you letters of introduction?” asked the older man. “Yes,” said the young man, pulling some of them out. “Well,” remarked the old sea-captain, “have you a church certificate?”. “Oh, yes,” replied the youth, adding, “I did not suppose you desired to look at that!” “Yes,” said ‘the Sea-captain, “I want to see that. As soon as you can re'ach the city, present that to some Christian church. I am an did sailor, and I have been up and down in the world; it is my rule, as soon as I get into port, to fasten my ship fore and aft to the wharf; although it may cost a little wharfage, rather than have my ship out in the stream, floating hither and thither with the tide/” - A river boat was once capsized and sank. Only a few knew how to swim. Presently,-two means of rescue appeared. A man from the bank threw out a rope to the perishing and a few took advantage of this means of escape. At this time, also, a huge log floated by and a large number clung to it, feeling perfectly secure and even ridiculing those' who were relying on the frail rope which was cast out to them from the shore. The few who were holding the rope, however,' were in due time hauled safely to shore; whereas, those who had taken refuge by Clinging to the log, large and secure as' it appeared, were unconsciously borne on by the mighty current out into the fathomless ocean, where, in, the end, they perished. JsSi In the days when Spain was a great world power, all the re sources of the West Indies and the mines of Mexico and Peru were compelled to pour out their wealth for her enrichment. It is said that the monarch of another great Kingdom invited the Spanish ambassador to his court, find in course of inspect ing the national treasury an .official' showed him a chest filled with gold coins. Reaching his arm down between the shining pieces he said with no little pride, “See, I can hardly touch the bottom!” But the Spaniard answered proudly, as he thought of rich mines .of the hew world. “My master.’s“ treasuries have no bottom!” That is a small illustration of the boundlessness of the believer's wealth in Christ, in God, in the Holy Spirit. ■ • - . . m “In Tremont Temple there were two colored men; one of them Was .Robert. He was one of the finest Christian men I ever saw. He was born in slavery, never saw the inside of a school and learned to read only through great effort of his own. But Black Robert knew more about the Bible than any man in Tremont Temple. Why ? I will tell you why. For years Black Robert never read his Bible except on his knees. For two, three, four hours at a time he read his Bible on his knees. He never went to bed in his life that he did not put his Bible under his pillow, and when they found him dead in a hospital ward they found the Bible under his black, curly head. The Holy Spirit taught him the Book. '. “I had the privilege of being under the teaching of one of the greatest Hebrew scholars of his day. He thought Hebrew, he was saturated in Hebrew; a gentle, Christian man, a great scholar with a great brain. He would come straight to the desk, open that old Hebrew Bible, drop his face right between the pages and say something like this, ‘O Lord Jesus, may Thy Holy Spirit teach us. Thy Word.’ Do you wonder that he knew his Bible? He knew it by the Same process that Black Robert knew his. The Holy. Spirit .taught both men alike. You can’t read your Bible without the Holy Ghost.” D ecember 15, 1928 Text: Acts 4:12 D ecember 16, 1928 .! Text: Eph. 1:18 D ecember .17, 1918 Text: 1 Jno.: 2 :20 Dr. Cortland Myers tells the following:
John B. Gough used to say: It is only by violence that deliverance can be wrought in situa tions of extreme peril. John Maynard was well-known as a God fearing pilot on Lake Erie. He had charge of a steamer from Detroit to Buffalo one summer afternoon. Smoke was seen ascending from below; and the captain cried out, “Simpson, go down and see what that Smoke is!” He came up with his face as pale as ashes, and said, “Captain, the ship is on fire 1” Buckets of water were dashed upon the flames, but in vain. There were large quantities of rosin and tar on board; and it was useless to try to save the ship. The passengers rushed forward and in quired of the pilot, “How far are we from land?” “Seven miles.” “How long before we reach! it ?” “Three quarters of an hour, at our present rate of steam.” “Is there any danger?” “Danger enough here! 'See the smoke bursting' out ! Go for ward, if>you would'save lives!” Passengers ànd crew, men, women,;Mid children, crowded to the forward part of the ship. John Maÿnard stood at his post. The-'flames burst forth in a sheet Of fire ; clouds of. smoke arose. The Captain cried out through his trumpet, “John Mayhard!” “Aye, aye,' sir!” “Run her -On shbre.” Nearer, yèt nearer, she approached the shore. Again the captain cried -out, “John Maynard!” The response cmne feebly, “Aye, aye, sir.” “Can¡you hold! on “ffiVe minutes- longer, John??'; “By God’s help I will!” The old mail’s hair was Scorching from the scalp, one- hand Was disabled, and his teeth were set; ÿet hé stood-firm ;á s 'á ' 'roció 1He beached the ship.'‘'Every, man,:woman, and child Was saved, as John May nard’s spirit book“ 'its flight to God. Even- so “jesús steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,” to the cross-crowned hill, and through the fires of the wrath of God. A lifé'-bpat went out on a dangerous fcoàsfitothe relief of a ship'wrëcked yessél. The .'waves ran high arid threatened to swqmp 7the -boat. At last -'the captqin said: “Master, shall we turh b'abk? -We are going to certain death. ' Thé ship has ‘Sunk, and doubtless all hands have gone dowii with her.” J There was a moment’s “hesitation arid ,then one mhn cried out, “No, let us go on; As I ran down the beach“I passed two ladies on their knees praying for the lives of the mein, in yonder wreck. I believe God will hear them: I -believe' we ffi'ay- yet find Some alive.” His words had such an effect on the crew that they plucked up courage and rowed on amidst the breakers. They picked up five poor fellows, one by one, clinging to wreckage, and otherwise supporting themselves. The prayers of those two ladies had saved those lives. D ecember 19, 1928 ' Text; Rom. 12:12
D ecember 20, 1928 Text : Prov. 15:33
It is said of Dr. Hudson Taylor, the great “Chinese missionary, that oil one occasion he was traveling with a young missionary who was not so used to roughing it as the more experienced worker; who had grown gray in the service 6f his Lord. The first night the .young man put . his boots outside the bedroom door, forgetting that he was no longer at home, with a servant to clean them. But he found them cleaned the next day. Mr. Hudson Taylor had risen early and had cleaned the boots of the young missionary, who knew nothing about it. That is the kind of greatness that Christ seeks. The greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven is the humblest.
D ecember 21, 1928 Text: Luke. 13:34
One day when the ground was parched with a long drought, a fire came sweeping down across the big prairie in the great Northwest. The territory was thickly Settled, and the fire raging
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