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What man must do, if he is to escape misery amid plenty, is to create a civilization in which his soul'can live.” The Providence New's offered this reflection: “One note worthy fact is' that they appear to have lost all religious faith before deciding they could no longer face the problems of life. That, we are told, may, and probably does, signify a lot. It is at least certain that where a sane belief in God exists, the tempta tion to suicide can not prevail.” ifc * * According to a communication received by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, New York City, from Dr. Bercovitz, the authorities of South China assured the foreigners of how the utmost freedom in belief and propaganda in religion was assured. And. yet, on the other hand, he reports' details concerning inci dents in which religious services of the most sacred kind were ruthlessly interfered with. The authorities explain these inter ferences by saying that in order to be perfectly fair they can not prevent propaganda opposing religion any more than they can prevent propaganda favoring religion. In. the light of these facts, we can see how a number of the things that are reported in the daily press may be explained. are ready to do more to enable you to make wider use of The King’s Business. H ere ’ s T h e P roposition For every new full year’s subscription sent us through your efforts, we will advance your own' subscription three months. In order to get this credit, be sure to give your own name and address when sending in a new subscrip tion. I f you prefer a premium book instead of the advance ment of your subscription, you may have your choice of any book in our regular premium list. (See page 389). Furthermore we will accept two years subscriptions at $2.00, saving you 50c. Foreign rate $2.50 for two years. These are standing offers. You can help the cause and help yourself at the same time. Any who wish to take: the agency for a community, to receive a good cash commission, should communicate with our office and secure proper credentials. We are making a new proposition to agents.' Write the Managing Editor about it. Sla in by a Flapper At the asking of a worthless society flapper, the daugh ter of Herodias, the man who Jesus said was the greatest among the sons of men, was foully slain (Mark 6:25-27). The very lips that announced redemption at hand and called men to believe on the Lamb of God, were given into wanton hands, passed about for the gaze of revellers, then delivered to a flapper to be insulted and cast out. The forerunner of the world’s Saviour becomes the victim of the spite of a sinful woman. This is significant. The devil had used a woman to bring sin into the world. God used a woman to bring the Saviour into the world. The devil used a woman to slay the announcer of the Saviour. God raised up another woman to be the first herald of completed redemption. We need not pity John. One stroke of a sword and he was in Paradise. Did he become the Saviour’s fore runner in that realm also ? We are told that while Christ’s body lay in the tomb He heralded the victory of the Cross in the spirit world. Perhaps John had already announced to the waiting ones that the great deliverance was at hand. Shortly afterwards Moses and Elias came from that world to talk with Jesus about his coming decease.
disappointing it was to those who had known of her to learn now that she, was an addict to the cigarette habit 1 Now it ap pears that she had never granted permission to any cigarette Concern to use her picture or her name, and that she had never smoked a cigarette in her life! She was horrified and justly indignant oyer this public slander. * * * Papers and periodicals have widely discussed the epidemic of suicides in schools and colleges. So serious has the situation become that a “National Save-a-Life League” has been organ ized with the purpose of advising would-be-suicides and circulat ing helpful literature. Somehow, many news-writers seem to have a suspicion that there is a general philosophy or attitude among American students that accounts for these suicides. Col lege professors have, been quick to deny!this. But can they t The Schenectady Union Star said: “They represent the ultimate outcome of materialism if it is pursued to its logical conclusion. To the mind that makes a god of that which the human mind can grasp and analyze and solve, there is nothing worth-while ahead. Talking Straight To YOU! N OTHING will be found so effective in stemming the rising tide of Rationalism and Materialism as the dissemination of helpful, logical, constructive literature concerning the Bible and Christianity. Thousands today have heard but one side of the issue. Their ears have been open to Modernism in schools and colleges. They have read nothing but critical literature. These people will not take time to read attacks upon Liberalists. They are not interested in the fight between Fundamentalists and Modernists. It is a waste of good money to put such literature in their hands. We maintain that thé eyès of hundreds of people who are inclined to be skeptical can be caught by a magazine that has something constructive to offer, that is free from bitterness of spirit; that is put up in an attractive, read able form. We are striving to make The King’s Business fit this great need of the hour. We want subscribers to feel that they can put this magazine into the hands of people they wish to help without fear of their being insulted. Now— W hat C an You Do? There are many of your friends who are wholly un aware of the wonders to be found in the Bible—things that could not possibly be accounted for on the basis of human genius. They do not know that God is still at work in the souls of men; doing for them through Jesus Christ, what men could not possibly do for themselves. Through this magazine they will find out some of these things. They will be challenged by undeniable facts. Can you make any more, definite investment in God’s service than to put this magazine into the hands of people who are drifting? Could you not subscribe for several copies which you could circulate among your friends each month? Better still, could you not have the magazines sent direct to the homes of those who need help? , You are already being given nearly twice as much material in each issue of The King’s Business as you get in some other magazines which cost twice as much. Com pare them page for page and see for yourself. Still, we In This Article We Are
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