T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S The Eastern Methodist (Dr. L. W. Mun- hall, editor) is standing practically alone among Methodist papers in oppos ing the diabolical efforts of the Methodist political machine which is beng used to revolutionize the theology of the denom ination. Dr. Munhall is suffering much persecution at their hands, for they are determined to put his paper out of bus iness. Nevertheless The Eastern Meth odist has a growing circulation and is welcomed- by thousands of loyal Method ists who still cling to the Old Book. We wish hundreds of ministers hold ing jobs in evangelical churches were as honest as this Unitarian minister of the First Unitarian Church, Cambridge, Mass., who says: “I see no reason for complaints (because of the exclusion of Liberalists from evangelical churches). An organization for the promulgation of doctrines in which I do not peiieve is one to which I do not wish to belong. If the organization should give me to un derstand that the assent to its creed which it asks of me is only nominal, this confession of unreality would only deepen my determination not to belong to it.” How is it that men like Dr. Shailer Matthews, who- plainly write themselves down as heretics in relation to the denominations who employ them, and infidels in relation to the Bible, can continue to draw their splendid salaries and at the same time complain because Bible-lovers call them what they are? A subscriber writes (we think advis edly) regarding “organ postludes” in the churches. The letter runs: “I am against the postlude as it is all too frequently played—the ranting, blatant kind. I have seen the effect of many a strong sermon and touching appeal spoiled by it. When the atmosphere has seemed filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit and I have seen the expres sion of “almost persuaded” on the faces of some -7 then—finally drowning the “Amen” of the benediction, would come a loud postlude like a blighting, blasting gust of wind. The effect is instantan eous. The look of penitence is quickly changed to one of almost defiance I wonder that pastors permit this thing to go on.” Two years ago the armistice that was supposed to end the great world war. was signed. The league of nations treaty that was to make the world safe-for de mocracy has not materialized. The ser-
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•mons that ^vere preached by hundreds of ministers concerning the “new era” have gone up in smoke. Twelve different wars are now raging among the countries that were mixed up in the war. 'An English exchange says, “Everything seems to be written in water. Business men are plunged into deepest anxiety concerning the future and there is the profoundest perplexity regarding the present. Never in living memory has there been a time when money was so scarce in England. We are in the throes of a profound un settlement. The whole of Europe is oat -of balance and eccentric.” Every country is preparing for the next war on unheard of scales. The U. S. chemical warfare service announces the discovery of a new poison, three drops of which, touching the body, will kill. It is stated that an aeroplane with a nozzle could go over a country killing every living creature in a strip 100 feet wide and seven miles long. It could then go back and load up again. Guns and battleships will amount to nothing in the next war. In England, a burning glass has been discovered, with which they can stand off many miles and burn up the enemy in a few minutes. Can anyone honestly believe that there will be no more wars? Not if they believe the Bible. Hell itself will be let loose. The Great Tribulation is yet ahead of us. There is only one provision for such anxious times—the promises of the Word of God to believers. O that men would come back to the Best of Books and be made a part of the blood- washed throng that shall be counted worthy to escape all these things which are coming to pass on the earth! THE BOOMERANG There is an Australian missile called the boomerang, which is thrown so as to describe singular curves, and fall at last at the feet of the thrower. Sin is a kind of boomerang, which goes off into space curiously, but turns again upon its author, and with tenfold force strikes the guilty soul that launched it.
The greater the man the plainer is his greatness in sight and the harder it is seen.
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