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T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
November 1924
^C h r istm a s W ill Soon Be Here----- Books—Biola “ Best” Books Make the Best Gifts Nearly everybody likes a Good Missionary Story. These are that kind. Shelton of Tibet By Mrs. A. L. Shelton Told by Mrs. Shelton, the constant companion of his heroic service and adventures, this life story of Dr. A. L. Shelton, missionary to Tibet, is a book of surpassing interest and importance in the realm of missionary biography. , “ In the murder by bandits of Dr. A. L. Shelton, the brilliant and adventurous missionary, the cause of Christ in Asia lost one of the boldest and most heroic spirits known to missionary life in this generation. Cloth, $2.00
“ HOW SHALL WE THINK ABOUT THE BIBLE r The following correspondence between Dr. Janies M. Gray, President of the Moody Bible Institute (Chicago), and the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Pasa dena, which appeared in , the Moody Bible Institute Monthly, will be of interest to our readers,, containing—as it does— Dr. Gray’s disclaimer of any such attitude on his part toward the inerrancy and infallibility of the Word of God as might be inferred from the quotation attributed to him. Dr. Gray’s position is so well known that it seems hardly possible that any one could misunderstand it. “ In ‘Pasadena Chimes,’ June 4, 1923, you misquote me unintentionally I feel sure, but in a way that compromises my testimony to the Bible and in so far hurts the cause of truth as I apprehend it. I was aware at the time that you had done this, but did not consider it of sufficient conse quence to mention. However, correspondence about it con tinues to reach the Moody Bible Institute, indicating that the matter is spreading and causing solicitude to a good many of God’s people. Under the circumstances, may 1 ask you to be kind enough to correct the error in an early issue of the ‘Chimes,’ giving the correction corresponding prom inence to the original statement? “ Your theme was ‘How Shall We Think About the Bible?’ And you said: " ‘None of us understand it at all, not even the most zealous of the “cover to cover” faith. Dr. J. M. Gray of the Moody Bible Institute, for example says: “ Some parts are true. Some parts are partly true. Some are not true at all.” “ 1 do not know where you obtained such a quotation as from me, but certainly it was not directly from my pen or from my lips unless it was carefully guarded and explained. Presumably I was referring to the inspiration of the Bible as a divine record. If so, I maintained that it was inspired throughout, or, as you say, from ‘cover to cover.’ But I doubtless added that while it was thus an infallible record, and in that sense God’s Word, yet every word in it was not itself a word which God spake. I must have called atten tion to the fact that Satan and other enemies of God speak in the Bible, whose words are not true, but the record that they thus spake is true because it is a divinely inspired record. “The subject is so grave and so important, and so imper 7 fectly understood I regret to say, that more space should be given to its elucidation than you could presumably spare me, but perhaps it will be your pleasure to publish this let ter in full, and mail me a copy of the ‘Chimes’ containing it? In that case I will republish it in the Moody Bible Insti tute Monthly and thus try to repair the damage done and close the incident. “ Very truly yours, “ James M. Gray.” (II) ‘February 13, 1924. “ Rev. James M. Gray, D. D., 153 institute Place, Chicago, 111. “ Dear Dr. Gray: “ Of course' I have no desire whatsoever to twist anything you may have said, or to attribute any statement to you which you have no desire to make. The declaration to which I referred was read to me by Rev. Joseph A. Steven son, D. D., when he was still in southern California. I have since written him for the pamphlet, and the following is his answer: ‘‘ ‘I regret very much that I ¡have not been able today to lay my hand on the pamphlet In which Dr. Gray made the state ment which X quoted to you. In moving, my library was much disturbed and I am not able today to place quite a bit of lit erature that belongs to that particular fam ily. I am however, quite certain as to exactly what Dr. Gray said. To all practical intents you quoted him with exactness. His statement was made in a printed pamphlet. My recollection is that it'w a s a commencement address. I am quite sure that it was published not a long time after Posdick preached his sermon on Shall the Fundamentalists W in?” You are at perfect liberty to tell January 28, 1924. Pastor Presbyterian ( I) “ Rev. Robert Freeman, D. D., Church, Pasadena, Calif. “ Dear Dr. Freeman:
African Adventures By Jean Kenyon Mackenzie The famous a u t h o r of “ Black Sheep” has given to these stories o f A frican life that same fascinating realism. B oys and girls, and grown-ups as well, will be transported across the seas and see things through the eyes o f the chil dren o f the dark continent. The reader’s interest in these simple, child-like people is ir resistibly aroused and m is sions in A frica becom e a last ing reality. Cloth, $1.25 This book is a study in a c hievement and opportunity. It gives the reader a bird’s-eye view o f the whole m issionary situation in Japan. Past^ a c hievements are set forth in a very effective w ay and made the basis for, the presentation o f the very great opportuni ties for service now open and for the appeal for workers. Cloth, $2.00 One Thousand Miles of Miracles in China By Archibald F. Glover This is a book entirely out o f the ordinary. It is a m ar velous 372 pages of m ission ary romance, unexcelled in his tory. The reading of it draws forth many tears, many p ray ers and m ore praises. Cloth, $1.50 The Cross in Japan By Fred Eugene Hagin
Stories from Far Away By Cora Banks Pierce and Hazel Northrop The scenes o f these fascina ting tales are set in far-off corners of the earth. Children o f Turkey, Persia, Armenia, A frica and ‘ the isles of the sea” are portrayed with skill ful hand, and given a wealth o f interesting and yet nowise improbable adventure. Well calculated to stimulate inter est in m issionary endeavor, es pecially in junior circles. Cloth, $1.25 Chinese Heart Throbs By Jennie V . Hughes A charm ing tender series of sketches and stories written b y one who has a rare insight into and sym pathy with the people of China am ong whom she has labored many years as a m issionary. Cloth, $1.50 Chinese Diamonds for the King o f Kings By Mrs. Jonathan Goforth This book gives definite an swer to the questions, ‘‘Do Missions P a y?” and “ A fter all, are there any real Chris tians in China?” In it Mrs G oforth gives some interest ing facts k n o w n to her through her many long jour neys thru the land. Cloth, $1.00
The Lure of the Leopard Skin
A Story of the African Wilds By Josephine Hope Westervelt
A stirring tale of adventure in that part of Africa in which Theodore Roosevelt did his hunting for big game. In a letter received by the author, that great American said: “That must have been an exciting hunt; and I congratulate you about the leopard. It sounds like old times to hear that a train had run into a giraffe, and was stopped for an hour in consequence.“ Cloth, $1.75 If m oney does not accom pany order, goods will be sent C. O. D. unless otherwise specified. If goods are to com e by mail add 1 0 % for postage.
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