December 1925
T H E " K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
584
PITHY PARAGRAPHS
Poison for Pupils Three young men were recently arrested for selling liquor to High School students in Los Angeles. Thus the youth follow in the footsteps of their elders. Detecting the Detective While a famous detective was asleep in his own house, burglars jimmied the door open, carried away five thousand dollars’ worth of jewelry and clothing. Evidently, the thieves detected the de tective’s habit of drowsing. Challenging the Church Mrs. A. W. Karnell, of Philadelphia, an internationally known lecturer, says that moonlight beach dancing is not conducive to good morals. She blames the movies, automobiles, cigarettes, dope and dancing as the cause of the present deplorable conditions among the youth of our land. Ju st a Joy Ride Intoxicated and desiring a thrill, he got it by entering the roundhouse of the Long Island Railroad and, finding no one present, decided to take a ride. The engine enjoyed it, picked up speed and then paid its respects to a sister engine. Result— damages estimated at $150,000.00 “Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!” Looking Forward Ten Thousand Years After looking backward for many years to establish their theory, now we are told that evolutionists are looking forward to what will happen ten thou sand years hence. Well, from all we know of their theory, it is a gloomy prospect for them. But for the be liever, it is a glorious prospect, and this is more than mere fancy. It is sublime faith. Bombarding from Without vs. Boring from Within A pastor recently emphasized from his pulpit in a sermon on “The Enemy Within the Household” the following truth: “If America ever goes down it will not be because some other nation had a bigger navy or army, but because enemies within trampled under foot the institutions necessary to the exist ence of a free people.” To this, we say a hearty “Amen!” and the first essential to a free people is the Word of God. An Iowa member of The K. B. Fam ily sends in a gift for the work of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, and says: “I believe The King’s Business is the best Christian magazine I have ever read, and am sure that real Chris tian men and women are back of it, so that I feel I would like to give some thing to show my appreciation. I am glad to introduce the magazine to my friends and hope to place it in many more homes later on.” LIKES TO INTRODUCE THE MAGAZINE
Is It Worth While? Is it worth while, the interest you friends of foreign missions, and particularly of our field, Belgium, are manifesting by prayers and gifts? Two typical incidents are cited which prove that it is worth while. In the small town of Herent, a suburb of Louvain, where during the War the buildings had been leveled to the ground, but now rebuilt and prosperous, one of our workers, Mr. V. holds two regular weekly Gospel meetings. Mr. V. is a third year Bible student, whose story had been told elsewhere,—who as a boy longed for "religion" and at eighteen sought to enter a monastery but found the doors locked against him,— then came the War and he was one of the many Belgian soldiers led to Christ through the reading of His precious Word. WHO KNOWS, PERHAPS IT WAS YOUR GIFT THAT PURCHASED THE SCRIPTURE THAT LED THIS MAN TO' THE ACCEPTANCE OF CHRIST AS SAVIOUR! After the War he learned of the Belgian Gospel Mission and begged us touchingly to admit him to our Bible School, leaving his own prosperous business to give himself to a lifetime of evangelization. At a meeting at HERENT one Sunday recently, held in the “front room” of Mr. V.’s own home, just two people came,— two fine upstanding Flemish men. Nowhere are masses seeking and pressing into the Kingdom,— it is here one and there one, for it takes courage here to confess Christ openly,—and yet they keep coming, praise God, a steady and ever-increasing stream. One of these men, a blacksmith, lived in the house of an old woman who had been befriended by Mr. V. One day he sought her out for something to read, as he was a quiet man and cared nothing for outside pleasures. She thereupon loaned him her precious Bible,—which, also a new book to him, completely charmed him. The old woman told him of Mr. V. and the next step was for the blacksmith to seek an interview with our worker. It was not long before this man was rejoicing in his new-found Saviour, and how zealous he is for Christ, his only joy, distributing Christian literature, witnessing whenever possible and on fire for souls! IS IT WORTH WHILE? The other man, having secured a Bible somewhere, asked our worker to come to his house and tell him if it was “all right.” As they talked together it all came out; no more faith in the Roman Catholic Church,, an aching, dis satisfied heart, no hope. He asked if Mr. V. would come and have a talk with him. HE CAME THAT SAME NIGHT AND STAYED HOURS UNTIL HE FOUND HIM WHOM HIS HEART SOUGHT. Does it not pay? How we thank many of you who have aided in opening up these many little places of meeting! Would you like to have a part in the securing of. two Gospel cars to be used in the preaching of the Gospel in the highways and byways of Belgium? Gifts may be sent to Mr. Chas. G. Trumbull, 1031 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Belgian Gospel Mission Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Norton, Directors
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