Dr. Culbertson, New President o f Moody I N a recent announcement by Mr. Thomas S. Smith, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Moody Bible Institute, it is learned that Dr. William Culbertson has been appointed President of Moody Bible Institute to fill the place of the late Dr. Will H. Houghton. Dr. Culbertson has been Dean of Education since 1942, and was for merly Bishop of the New York and Philadelphia Synod of the Reformed Episcopal Church. The King’s Business takes this opportunity to offer sincere congratulations to Dr. Culbertson, and to assure him of our prayerful interest in the great work which, under God, he has undertaken for Him. ☆ Give Attention to Reading M ODERN America has more pages of reading material offered than any other nation of any age in the world’s history. It is also true that the American people are voracious readers. For instance, we learn from a news item that the average family spends three hours and eighteen minutes reading the daily newspaper. The man of the family spends an hour and a half, the wife an hour and twelve minutes. All this time is spent in reading one medium, the newspaper. When we consider also how many magazines are currently sold, and how many cheap books are printed, the total amount of time spent in reading is a startling one. There is no doubt that as a civiliza tion reads, so it becomes, and if our land of America is to remain strong and clean there must be a decided change in the reading habits of our people. There is, thank God, a fine increase in the number of good books being printed today. Also the demand for copies of the sacred Scriptures seems to be insatiable. Would it not be a patriotic gesture of the highest sort to continually press upon Americans the value of reading good books and, above all, the Book of books ? Contrary to a generally-accepted no tion, the Bible is not so large but what it can be read in the same manner as one would read an ordinary book. For instance, in the volume lying before me, the book of Genesis covers approximately fifty pages, and could be read easily in an hour and a half. The Book of Exodus similarly has approximately forty pages and but little more than an hour would be required to enjoy its rich truth. Per haps there has been a real fault in the matter of reading by chapters, with people taking the Bible in doses as they would medicine. What a revolution would take place in the lives of men and women if each family were to spend at least three hours and eighteen minutes in prayerful perusal of the Word of God!
lieve,” ‘ “ It is said,” and “ A claim is made.” Then the sponsors of this adver tising, without attempting to disprove the truth of these rumors, merely pooh- pooh them as beliefs which are impos sible to hold in this enlightened age and advanced country. However, if one has had even a smattering of history, there is no doubt in his mind that these current views are held, and have been held, by the Roman church throughout the centuries. Pronouncement after pronouncement by the hierarchy can be produced to show that the Catholic church believes these false doctrines and worse. The results which will come from such advertising, will be two-fold. First, the Bureau of Information of the Knights of Columbus will be flooded with inquir ies, and some guileless, uninformed Protestants will be drawn into the meshes of this system. But the larger results will be that of a decided reaction by the thinking Protestants of this land, resulting in the production of documen tal, factual information which will both refute and defeat this Catholic defense of their position. I NTO the offices of The King’s Business come many requests for free subscrip tions. Some of these reach us from ear nest Christian people in our own land who are caught between high living costs and the inadequacy of their incomes. Other requests come from mission fields the world around suggesting how de lighted the missionary family would be to receive this Christian family magazine regularly, but telling how impossible it would be to pay the subscription costs. The King’s Business has always main tained a Free Fund to meet such requests and many are the letters which express gratitude for the blessing received from the magazine. This Free Fund has been maintained by the gifts of friends who have considered this a real ministry. The fund at the present time is in need of replenishment. Those who are interested in helping this worthy cause may send their gifts to: Free Fund, King’s Busi ness Magazine, 558 S. Hope St., Los Angeles 13, California.
What Do You Think About in Church? T HERE is no question but that the Sunday morning worship service is the most important meeting of the week. The pastor has prepared his message prayerfully. The choir has practiced the anthem. The church sanctuary is Com fortable and quiet. The worshipers are assembled in the pews. All of this is in preparation for that important and sacred hour when the heart of man reaches out for the heart of God. What a tragedy it is when, after all this preparation, the minds of the worshipers are allowed to wander. Perhaps in his mind the busy father is going over the construction of a new bam; the mother mentally may be sewing clothes, for her flock. The office worker is punching a mental typewriter; some young people are reliving the pre vious night’s party. All this is going on while the Word of God is being expound ed and when the priceless privilege of united intercession arid worship is being offered. What can be done? Perhaps a few well-chosen words spoken from the pul pit will help, or a warning against wan dering may be inserted in the bulletin. Maybe the pastor could include an ex hortation along this line in his pastoral communication. At any rate, something should be done in order that hearts might be ready to receive and respond to the precious seed of the Word of God. H Catholic Advertising W E have witnessed, during the past month or so, a rather strange phenomena, that of official newspaper and magazine advertising by the Roman Catholic church. No doubt this is being brought about by the widespread reac tions in Protestant circles and in the Protestant press against recent Catho lic encroachments upon our liberties. We have before us a sample of this adver tising which is intended to be subtle and effective. In one two-thirds page spread the Catholic propagandist suggests that what is being said about the Roman church is untrue. Sprinkled throughout the advertisement are such phrases as “ You hear it said,” “ Some Catholics be
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