TH E K I N G ’ S B U S I NE S S
442
Around the King's Table
ef
LOU IS T . TA LBO T, Editor-In-Chi
always get into trouble then. Today, more than ever before, there are many ‘flying blind,’ not because they have to, but because they will not accept the most perfect and wonderful Gift that our heavenly Father has given to eyery one who will accept and be lieve.” Torrey Memorial Bible Conference Eight wonderful days—January 23 through 30, 1944—are being planned for the Ninth Annual Torrey Memorial Bible Conference. Centering in the fun damentals of the faith that were be lieved and taught by Reuben Archer Torrey, the first Dean of the Bible In stitute of Los Angeles, and by others of the early leaders of the school, these days will be rich in spiritual blessing, demonstrating the fact of a Christ-centered ministry throughout the years. Among the speakers on the program are Walter Lewis Wilson, M. D., the beloved physician, and Soul-winner whose ministry is countrywide; Her bert Lockyer, well-known in England and America as a Bible expositor and author; Jack Mitchell, whose gift of Bible teaching has helped thousands of hearers; Archer E. Anderson, versatile pastor and youth leader from Duluth, Minn., besides many other speakers local to Los Angeles. If you can attend these meetings, by all means plan to do so. Even if you
of the U. S. Army, who wrote the following meditation: “While flying on instruments one day,” he explained, “it came to me how much this experience was like our life. • .In this kind of flying, you are under a hood,-so that you cannot see the hori zon; as a matter of fact, you cannot see a thing. It sounds easy, but try fly ing straight and keeping your wings level without any visual means! You will be surprised at some of the ef fects: you think you are^still turning when you have stopped, or you are in a sixty degree bank and insisting you are still level. “Happily, in actual flying these con ditions do not exist, as there are your instruments to guide. you. There are two kinds—basic and gyro. You can get along on a basic alone, but your gyro instruments make flying easier and smoother. Without any question ing, you put all your faith in the instruments; and if the corrections are made, and you follow them out, every thing runs smoothly. “In our life, our basic instrument is prayer; we cannot get along without it. We thank God that prayer is one instrument that cannot fail! But we do not stop with prayer. Our Father has generously given us many instru ments such as the Bible, the church, etc., to help guide our way and to keep us on the right course. How sad it is when w# neglect our instruments! We
Peer— at Christmas There are two kinds of poverty. Many of us are born poor, so far as this world’s goods are concerned, and in all our lifetime we never become anything else. But some men, though they may be penniless today, have not always been in that condition. They have known the pleasure and the pow er that are associated with great wealth. That is all gone now. These men are poor; they know the meaning of poverty as other people never can know it. And think of this: Jesus Christ was rich, but He became poor. 'All the wealth of heaven was His. Every cre ated being in the Glory realm was eager to do His. bidding. But “He became poor”—completely and volun tarily—that we “through his poverty might be rich” (2 Cor. 8:9). Each re turning Christmas season, the marvel of this fact is greater. It makes us cry out: “Oh that the world might taste and see The riches of His grace! The arms of love that compass me Would all mankind embrace.” Plying Blind As this Christmas season approach es, there are many sons who have won their “wings,” or are in training to re ceive them. Some of these boys are tal ented and loyal Christians, as is the young lieutenant, William M. Meader,
Made with FlippingBook - Online catalogs