T HE K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S Prayer Calls gATAN may build a hedge about us and hinder our movements but he cannot roof us in and prevent our look ing up. When the outlook is bad, don’t forget the up-look. (See Psa. 50:15). Mk a s Prayer Power T H E prayer that ascends highest must come from the lowest depths of a humbled heart. (See Psa. 10:17). Prayer Approach JJNLESS we pray in Jesus’ name and ' on the ground of His finished work, we pray in vain, for God honors no drafts where there are no deposits. (S<3e Phil. 4:19). Prayer Victories ■yiCTORY in the conflict depends upon prayer and there is ho real victory apart from prayer. Soldiers of the Lord do their best fighting when they are on their knees. (See 1 Chron. 5:20). Prayer Unity YY h e n prayer focuses, power falls. In heaven’s calendar, the most not able days are those when saints gather together in prayer to move the arm of omnipotence. (See Matt.. 18:19, 20). Prayer Tests X -RAYS of the self life expose the failures of the prayer life. A self ish purpose in prayer spells defeat. God withholds the things we think would be blessings but which would only direct attention to ourselves instead of Him. (See Jas. 4:3; Jno. 14:13). Prayer Practice YOU may talk much about the philo sophy of prayer, but be sure you take time for the practice of prayer. (See Jno. 14:14). Prayer Objects ^EA L without prayer is wasted zeal. Talking to men about God is import ant work, but talking to God on behalf of men is the first work. (See Lk. 5:15, 16). REFLECTORS The word rendered “praise” primarily signifies the Irradiation of a luminous body. The high ambition of a penitent soul Is that of becoming a reflector, from which the glories of the Sun of Righteousness may be more widely dif fused on the world of men and angels.. —Salter.
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Do .We Reject CIRe OHTestament?
IGNS of the Times,” a Seven th Day Adventist paper, in its issue of April 12th de
votes its chief editorial to a discussion of The King’s Business. Our stand against higher criticism is approved, but an article on Law and Grace by Rev. Charles C. Cook in a recent issue, is deplored in scathing terms. Mr. Cook, in his article, had emphasized the im portance of the divisions which the Bible itself defines. He declared that in this dispensation of grace believers are not in bondage to the Old Testament law and that the law is not so much as the believer’s rule of life in this age, but rather, the'teachings of Christ by whom came “grace and truth” (Jn. 1:17), and of His apostles to whom by the Spirit were given the higher revelations of grace (Jn. 16:13). The example- of Christ, the leadings of the Holy Spirit, together with the New Testament teach ings, Mr. Cook declared, were all that were essential to the believer in this age. Our Adventist friends take this up as a rejection of the divine inspiration and authority, of the Old Testament and aver that they “doubt if Shailer Mat thews or any of his colleagues in their work of destruction could have minimiz ed the first thirty-nine books of holy Scripture in better fashion.” The reason for our throwing away of the Old Testa ment, declares the editor, is because we “know that if the Old .Testament is al lowed to stand as an integral part of God’s will for man, then His law express ed in the commandments would be bind ing on this day and generation, and if they would faithfully observe its pre-
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