THE KING’S BUSINESS LJj---------------------- I Voi 7 JUNE, 1916. ---------------------- E No. 6 a — ------- f? E D I T O R I A L These are indeed perilous times. Many of the rulers Preparedness. of the world seem to have lost their heads, and every nation should be prepared for any eventualities that may arise. But what is the best preparation ? Righteousness on the part of our rulers and on the part of our people. The real safety of any nation lies far more in the righteousness of its conduct than in a large army or in a large navy. working for Christ in China (because China is the field for which, for .roman tic or higher reasons, they have a great love, and to which they wish to go ); but they would not be willing to plod on quietly serving God at home, cooking, washing, and doing other things about the house that somebody must do. They will sing,gig will go where you want me to go, dear Lord,” but all the time they are thinking of some foreign land as where the Lord would want them to go. But when the Lord says, “ the kitchen,” or “ the laundry,” or some humble work at home, they are not at all willing to go where the Lord would have them go. Many a person is willing to die for Christ in China who is not willing to cook for Christ in America. The great thing in Christian life is not the willingness to go as a foreign missionary, but the all-controlling desire to serve God in the field which He chooses, whether it be missionary work, farm work, domestic work, or whatever it may be. We yield to no one in our interest in foreign mission work, we delight beyond measure when we see young men and women who are called to that work, going forth to do it, but to us there is something immeasurably more desirable than going to China, and. that is doing the will of God, whatever that may be. _ __ There are many people who are willing to make great sacrifices in serving God, if they can only serve Him in their own chosen way. They would be glad to face great sacrifices, and even to lay down their lives, What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?
The transitory character of earthly greatness and power is strikingly illustrated in the Empress Eugenie. Some of us can remember when the Empress Eugenie was the most universally admired and envied woman
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in the world. She had great power. It is supposed that it was because of her influence that her husband, Louis Napoleon, went to war with Prussia. It is thought that she instigated the war that her son, the Prince Imperial, might be made secure as his father s successor as Emperor of France. The Empress is reported to have spoken of the war as “ my little war.” But her short time of
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