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K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
July 1926
This rendezvous of loiter ers, w h i c h reflects so brightly the dazzling rays of the summer sun, has a dark background of his toric recollection, for it is here that Jesus is said to have sunk beneath the weight of the cross, while on His way to Calvary’s place of sacrifice. O, callous, careless heart, Know'st not the Saviour died? For thee wast crucified, And took the sinner’s part? Ih crimson flood His precious blood Oushed forth for thee On Calv’ry’s tree! Give now to Him thy heart. He’s waiting by thy side; Invite Him to abide,— He ne’er from thee will part. —W.A.F.
The Gilliams
bell Morgan, Griffith Thomas and David Baron. The Bible Institute movement, which has had such rapid development in recent years, and now enrolls a vastly greater number of students thajn the Theological Schools, gives marked prominence to the Blessed Hope, and the influence of this teaching is power fully felt in the Mission fields, especi ally among those who are most actively seeking to promote sound evangelical teaching. The repeated complaint in certain quarters that the leaders of the conservative movement in the foreign field are giving undue prominence to premillennial teaching, seems to carry more than a suggestion that this Truth is the touchstone of a sound theology. Both at home and abroad It is associated with the most vital interests of the Church of Christ. It was one of the choicest spirits of the past generation, and one of the most useful servants of the Church of Christ, the late Dr. A. J. Gordon, who left us that precious hymn which has quickened and enheartened unnum bered pilgrims: .‘ ‘O, Lord Jesus, how long, how long Till we shout the glad song, Christ returneth! Christ returneth! Hallelujah, Amen.” M m “ Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords."— Roosevelt.
should He come in my time or in your time, we be not found with His money in opr hands that ought to be out doing service in His cause.” Such was the profound influence of this Blessed Hope in the life of a great leader in industry, and there are vast numbers of Christian disciples in every walk of life who acknowledge the con stant power of this same great motive. I can recall distinctly my own earliest contact with this teaching and the in effaceable impression which it made. It was at the threshold of my Christian life and in connection with a series of revival services conducted by the late J. Wilbur Chapman and William A. Sunday, the latter then being associ ated with Dr. Chapman in service. A parlor meeting, given over to an ad dress by Dr. Chapman on the Lord’s Return, now, after the lapse of thirty years, remains the outstanding impres sion of the revival campaign. Mr. Sunday, who received his early train ing under Dr. Chapman, continues to give this Truth great prominence in all his preaching, and it is a most sig nificant fact that practically every leading evangelist of this past genera tion, including Moody, Torrey, Bieder- wolf, Varley, and many others, have acknowledged the Blessed Hope as one of the powerful motives of their minis try. The same may be said of other great religious leaders such as C. H. Spurgeon, Hudson Taylor, G. Camp
Ing out a people for His name,” then all is perfectly clear. On the one hand the Spirit of God is holding iniquity within definite bounds and proving in all parts of the world the transforming power of the Gospel. Op the other hand He is carrying out the precise program, foreshadowed by prophecy and confirmed by the teach ing of Christ and His Apostles. The believer in the Blessed Hope, then, has a vast advantage over the philosopher and social reformer, since he alone grasps with clear vision the true sig nificance of the course of the present age. 4. It is a great motive to separation and service. The late Samuel 1*. Harbison of Pittsburgh was a man of broad cul ture, of extensive business interests, and one of the foremost laymen of the Presbyterian Church. During his life he had given large sums to religious and benevolent objects. His will was found to contain the following state ment: “ I have made no provision in my will for any charitable bequests as I have, during my life, administered largely of my own estate and have from year to year given to the Lord’s work and other charities as though it was my last. In leaving my estate to my family it is my hope that they may act upon the same principle, remem bering that the King’s business re quires haste, and that what we do for Him ought to be done quickly, so that
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