THE K I N G ’ S B U S I NE S S 437 with no one to care for the souls therein. There is a tremendous growth in the population of this land and of the world. Where are the men? Who is to go? . The ministry has no strong appeal to young men. The theological semi naries are able to offer big inducements to young men to enter their walls. Young men need not worry about financial help if they want to go to a seminary. But, somehow, there is-something lacking, and the young men of the churches have no appetite for the job. Thousands of these young men have been in the army and have acquired something of the soldier spirit, and a mutilated Bible, and a garnished, glossified message, composed of glittering generalities, has no appeal to Them and would never draw them away from a Sunday baseball game or a real movie-picture stunt. If there is no authoritative Word of God; no definite, heart-searching, conscience-stirring message; no defining of God’s plan for the children of men; no warning of the fires of eternal hell for the wicked,—why should young men be interested? Why should they not say—as they do—“ Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die?” , , l Where are the men? Men who will be loyal to the whole Word of God? Who will be loyal to the crucified Christ whose shed blood is the only sufficient atonement for the sins of men? Who will be willing to go up against, the tide of indifference in the world, unbelief in the church and infidel teaching in the schools; go out against the sophistry, the skepticism, and the seductive Satanic teaching so rampart everywhere? Where are the men? Not men looking for a job, but red-blooded men, men with the spirit of the martyrs with a call from the risen Christ, to take up His cross,—npt a
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