King's Business - 1936-11

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IN THE KING’S BUS Where E l s e C u n O n e F i n d S O MUCH| P ICTURES of only a few of the pres­ ent and future contributors to THE KING’S BUSINESS can be included

Herbert Lockyer

not available covering the number of copies issued in some of the early years of publication, a probable estimate of the total number which have been printed and mailed, during the more than a quar­ ter of a century of the magazine’s history, would be at least 6,600,000 copies. At the present weight, this number of bound mag­ azines would represent 1,650,000 pounds, or 825 tons. Piled one on top of the other, with 168 to the foot, they would stand near- j ly two miles high, and if laid end to end, they would stretch nearly 300 miles. To estimate the reading circle reached by any one issue of a publication, the number of copies which are circulated must be; multiplied by 3.26. This reader average\ was obtained by New York police after ex­ amination of the number of individual fin­ gerprints found on thousands of used copies ) of one of the nation’s largest periodicals. FORTHCOM I BORN By W. I BASIC PRINCIPLES By Herf THE PERSPECTIVE OF TH By R. E STUDIES IN THE By W. DR. TORREY’S LIFE, IN By A. THE GOSPEL MU By Herbi IS HISTORY R By Pa HEADING TOWARD By W. CRISIS IN EASTERN ASIA— SH/ By S

A. G. J O H N S O N , pastor of the largest Baptist church in the Pacific Northwest, the Hinson Memorial, Port­ land, Ore. Vigorously o r t h o d o x , thoroughly fundamental, outstand­ ingly e v a n g e l i s t ic. Writes feelingly from in­ timate knowledge of R. A. Torrey.

on these pages. But every writer will be recognized as being among the most able speakers and authors of today, each holding firmly to belief in the inspiration of the Word of God and the necessity of personal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. They represent many denominations, but are “all one in Christ.” Like the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, whose official or­ gan it is, THE KING’S BUSINESS re­ joices to be known as interdenominational in its fellowship. Read by Thousands for Many Years The first issue of THE KING’S BUSI­ NESS was published in January, 1910. The magazine’s present circulation is 34,000 copies monthly, and although records are

HERBERT LOCKYER, one of England's most prominent Bible expositors. Has been warmly wel­ comed In America. K. OWEN WHITE, pastor of Kirkwood Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. Writes about "Thanksgiving In Adversity"— a message for modern times, tell­ ing of recent experiences in the midst of a disaster- torn city. W. L. PETTINGILL, author and Bible teacher who has helped thousands of Christians. W. M. ROBERTSON, pastor of Metropolitan Tabernacle, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Before his conversion in Scotland under the ministry of John McNeill, was an aggressive Socialist. SAMUEL FISK, head of Bible Department, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, Ark. Has re­ cently toured the Orient. Presents startling ob­ servations.

Carleton E. Null, Director of Practical Work at Biola, shows two students how an individual may be approached— perhaps in a park or other public place— and brought to a consideration of G od ’s Word concerning the need of a Saviour. THE K IN G 'S BUSINESS contains stimulat­ ing articles on soul-winning and accounts of conversions. These messages are published with prayer and expectation that through reading them, others may be won for Christ.

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