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"DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM! WEEP NOT FOR ME, BUT WEEP FOR YOURSELVES AND YOUR CHILDREN!''
"For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say. Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck." Luke 23:29. And now Hitler has run amuck; a world conscience has been stirred by the outrages against innocent and helpless Jews. Frenzied mobs, with fiendish hate for the Jew, suddenly sprang up in all parts of Germany, and a reign of terror, such as
pudiation of Nazi-ism and all it stands for. Here are two paragraphs from its edi torial, “Cold Terror’’:— “The terrible events of the last five days can hardly be erased from the minds of mankind. The hopes we had, often against our better judgment, have proven to be false. The excesses of the mob, destroying property, maltreating people, are now be ing followed up by a cold terror, which, in its consequences, will be much more
in the inherent decency of the German people, we herewith protest against the dark powers that use this murder as a wel come excuse to let loose the lowest instincts against defenseless people, trying to cover up these wanton acts with phrases like indignation of the people’ which bear the stamp of the Ministry of Propaganda.” We Meet The Emergency Every facility we possess, every shred
has not been known to civilization since the days of Russian pogroms and S pan ish Torquem adas, ensued. A h a lf cra z ed Jewish boy, Herschell Gryszpan, seventeen years of age, had escaped from the inhuman savageries of the Nazis, and had found shelter in Paris. There, the memories of what he had suffered in Germany, and the realiza tion that his mother and father and brothers and sis ters were still in the land of the Nazis, so worked I f u p o n his nerves that in a f moment of madness he shot Ernest Von Rath, of the German Embassy in Paris. This incident was seized upon by the Nazis as the excuse for the wild and u n p re c ed en ted outbreak against the thousands of helpless Jews throughout the land. Innocent men, women and children were beaten. Jewish stores, where the ;
of experience God has given us in these 44 years of Gospel approach to the Jew, all must now be bent to bring to the pitiful victims of Nazi cruelty our bit of Christian com fort and help. We are cabling money as fast as we can to our relief cen ters in Europe and Pal estine. This money is being paid out mostly to Chris tian Jews, believers who have trusted their all to the Lord Jesus Christ; to these we owe a debt of love that we can never repay. We ask that the Lord’s people shall stand behind us, that they shall not place upon us the burden of rais ing money. Money must flow into our treasury in a continuous stream, that we may pour it out again to comfort the families who now sit in the shadow of a great sorrow. * * * * * i- Ask God what shall be your share. Then, fill out
Innocent victims of Nazi persecutions. Taken by our workers in Paris.
desperate Jew was putting up his last strug gle to eke out a living in the midst of a hostile Nazi population, these stores were looted, windows smashed, merchandise taken away; and if the Jew dared protest, he was beaten until protests were im possible. Entire Jewish families were committing suicide. These suicides were by Jews high up in banking, law, manufacturing. They had been waiting and hoping for some turn of events which would enable them to get out of Germany with at least a little of the money they had worked so hard to save. But now everything was in collapse, and they saw no way out but suicide. This was preferable to being driven like cattle to the concentration camp, for treatment too vile and brutal to mention in these columns. The leading German language newspaper of America, the Staats-Zeitung, smitten to the very heart of its conscience, cut its bridges behind it, and came out in a re
horrible than the brutal acts themselves, committed under the pretense and official palliation of ’spontaneous reaction.’ "We do not believe that the German people, that our relatives and dear friends, are participating in the horror mankind has witnessed. AVe condemn the murder act in Paris, as we are condemning all violence, all excesses. Because we believe
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ß tltle SJn itltute (J.a.nu 0 LZy 2 2 to 2 9 , 1939 REUBEN ARCHER TORREY ference program, one of the speak ers paid tribute to Torrey's meth ods: "As I recall the wonderful days when I was associated with Dr. Torrey in the work of the Insti tute,” this speaker wrote, “I can think of many occasions when it was necessary for me to go to him with Bible problems. His answer always was positively stated and thoroughly supported by plain statements of the Word of God. When there could be found in the Bible a specific word on any subject under controversy, the Scriptures were the last court of appeal for Dr. Torrey, and he would bid fallible mortals, whoever they might be, to hold their peace.” Learning to W ield the “Sword” Dr. Torrey's regard for the very words of Scripture enabled him to speak with a voice of authority. Like regard for the Scriptures will enable any other Christian to live and witness effectively. May we learn that the Holy Spirit prefers to use His own Sword rather them any instrument that we may devise (Eph. 6:17). R e u b e n a r c h e r t o r r e y , Dean of the Bible Institute g| of Los Angeles from 1912 to 1924, gave to Biola and to the world a testimony of utter confi dence in the unshakable Word of the Lord. In this faithful testimony, he was not unlike T. C. Horton, Lyman and Milton Stewart, and other early Institute leaders, of blessed memory. During these days when fear of all kinds is wide spread, there is more need than ever for messages of assurance for the people of God. Eternal Certainties It is fitting that any gathering that recalls Dr. Torrey’s name and his birthday (January 28, 1856) should provide for a forceful decla ration of those truths for which he stood — truths that put iron in m en’s blood and render them fearless in the face of any foe. In the Fourth Annual Torrey Memo rial Bible Conference this provision has been made. The meetings have been planned, not for the eulogizing of any individual, but for the recall ing of the matchless grace o[ God. In accepting a place on the con- Some of the ExpectedSpeakers CHARLES H. ASHMAN, Pastor, Brethren Church, Whittier, Calif. LOUIS S. BAUMAN, Pastor, First Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif. MR. AND MRS. JACOB BERNHEIM, Field Sec retaries, Hebrew Christian Alliance of America, Buffalo, N. Y. KEITH L. BROOKS, President, American Prophetic League, and Editor Prophecy Monthly, Los An geles, Calif. ARTHUR I. BROWN, M.D., physician, author, Bible teacher, Victoria, B. C. HENRY E. BURKE, Pastor, Melrose Baptist Church, Oakland, Calif. J. OLIVER BUSWELL, JR., President, Wheaton College, Wheaton, 111. W. W. CATHERWOOD, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Riverside, Calif. L. DAVID COWIE, Pastor, Vermont Avenue Pres byterian Church, Los Angeles, Calif. JOHN H. HUNTER, former Registrar at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Pacific Grove, Calif. JAMES HENRY HUTCHINS, Pastor, Lake Ave nue Congregational Church, Pasadena, Calif. ROY L. LAURIN, Vice-President, Bible Institute of Los Angeles, and Associate Pastor, Church of the Open Door, Los Angeles, Calif. ROBERT E. McKINNEY, Bible lecturer with pic tures of Palestine, Los Angeles, Calif. TOM OLSON, Bible teacher, Upland, Calif. R. E. NEIGHBOUR, Bible teacher, Elyria, Ohio. A. B. PRICHARD, author and Bible teacher, Pasa dena, Calif. M. P. STOUT, Pasadena, Calif. January, 1939 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S 3 CONFERENCE THEME C e r t a i n t i e s and U n c e r t a i n t i e s Of the P r e s e n t Ti me Seldom, if ever, has any generation faced such perplexing prob lems as we face today. Our age is characterized by abysmal uncer tainty! Economic instability has been especially evident during the last eight or ten years. Daily news items bring disconcerting infor mation of the political unrest in all the nations of the world. And it goes without saying that we confront an appalling situation in connection with the religious uncertainties being countenanced in many of our churches. The Torrey Memorial Bible Conference has as its purpose the presentation of Bible foundation truths to fortify the Christian’s faith. The Bible—and no other book—can provide certainty for a time of uncertainty. It tells one what to expect, and how to prepare for the present and the future. The speakers for the Torrey Memorial Bible Conference are men who know not only the Book, but also the problems of the day. They will approach the conference theme from a variety of view points. In their messages, there will be both the prophetic and the evangelistic notes. Christian people: Please pray for God’s blessing upon this important gathering. Plan to attend if you possibly can. Arthur I. Brown J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. James H. Hutchins P r o g r a m SUNDAY , JANUARY 22 11:00 A. M.—R. E. Neighbour. 2:30 P. M.—J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. 7:30 P. M.—Henry E. Burke. MONDAY , JANUARY 23 8:30 A. M.—Speaker to be announced. 9:30 A. M.—John H. Hunter 10:30 A. M.—Dr. Buswell. 2:00 P. M.—Dr. Burke. 3:00 P. M.—W. W. Catherwood. 7:00 P. M.—Keith L. Brooks. 8:00 P. M.—Dr. Neighbour. • TUESDAY , JANUARY 24 Keith L. Brooks 8:30 A. M.—Speaker to be announced. 9:30 A. M.—L. David Cowie. 10:30 A. M.—Dr. Buswell. 2:00 P. M.—A. B. Prichard. 3:00 P. M.—Dr. Neighbour. 7:00 P. M.—Robert E. McKinney. 8:00 P. M.—Dr. Burke. WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 25 8:30 A. M.—Speaker to be announced. 9:30 A. M.—Mr. Hunter. 10:30 A. M.—Dr. Buswell. 2:00 P. M.—Charles H. Ashman. 3:00 P. M.—Surprise Hour. 7:00 P. M.—Mr. Brooks. 8:00 P. M.—Dr. Neighbour. THURSDAY , JANUARY 26 8:30 A. M.—Speaker to be announced. 9:30 A. M.—Tom Olson. 10:30 A. M.—Dr. Buswell. Louis S. Bauman 2:00 P. M.—James Henry Hutchins. 3:00 P. M.—Arthur I. Brown. 7:00 P. M.—Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bemheim. 8:00 P. M.—Louis S. Bauman. FR IDAY , JANUARY 27 8:30 A. 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Every January brings us an increasing number of gifts “To the Jew first.** And many letters tell us, “Thank you so much for calling my atten tion to my duty and privilege. 1 want to start the New Year right.** Think it over, for some day you too will join this blessed host and you too will say, “I want to preach God*s Gospel in God’s way —to the Jew first.** Was there ever a time in the world’s history when this precious privilege, “To the Jew first,*’ was more impera tive than in this present hour? With Israel in the caldron of demon hate, with the world being driven by Satan himself to ex terminate, if that were possible, the people whom God has called His very own, can any true child of God withhold the heart and the hand of pity? Ought we not while He still tarries, reach out with a ministry of love to those sorely harassed and distressed people, who know not which way to turn? “To the Jew first** in deed has a potent meaning in such an hour as this! Our work merits your every confidence. Our field is not only the 4,000,000 Jews of America, but, under divine impulse, we are at grips with the problem of reaching a world Jewry with the Gospel. In America, branches are maintained in the larger cities. Abroad, the Lord is wonderfully blessing our Stations in Paris, Warsaw, and J e ru s a lem . And through affiliated missions and missionaries, our Yiddish publica tions are being distributed in other important Jewish centers of the world. Your help and prayers are al ways needed. “THE CHOSEN PEOPLE,** loved by Bible students for its helpful information on Prophecy and the Jews, is sent to contributors. MAY WE HEAR FROM YOU? AMERICAN BOARD OF MISSIONS TO THE JEWS, INC. 31 Throop Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Here is my offering, $....... ....... “To the Jew First.** May the Lord bless this gift for Israel’s salvation. Name.................... ....... ............___ Street........... .............................. ..... 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The very force that swept the one side clean Of leaf and bough upon some gusty day, Had only caused the wise old trees to lean And grow more lovely in another way. And though the winds of human circumstance Should strip this life of every earthly whim, Whatever be the toll of time or chance The heart that has been given unto Him Leans to His heart, and finds this sweet reward— A growth into the fullness of the Lord. 7 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S January, 1939 Around the King's Table E D I T O R I A L The Flight of Time "My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle" (Job 7:6). Time is geared to the orderly and inex orable movement of the entire universe and likewise to the eternal purposes of God. We lament its passing. -Youth flies and old age creeps on with a stealthy rapidity. And then—eternity! With the close of 1938, we pass into a new phase of time. This year, 1939, is one year further from the birth of our Lord and one year nearer the return of our Lord. We thus face a double responsibility. First, we are responsible to God con cerning our reception of the redemption of Christ. This responsibility is first personal, in so far as our own salvation is concerned. It is then practical, in so far as the Great Commission is concerned. We have busi ness to do for the King. A witness must be given to the world. We must become evan gelists and missionaries and preach from the “pulpits” of our own circumstances the message of redemption through the blood of Christ. And since time is in flight, let us redeem it, “because the days are evil." Second, we are responsible to God con cerning our relation to the return of Christ. Every year that passes is a year nearer the great Advent day. How soon that day will arrive, no man knows. How important it is that we should be ready! Being ready involves more than being saved: it is salva tion plus. It implies a life of service lived by the saved sinner in the great vineyard of the world. This year, 1939, is handed to us as capital in the form of time and opportun ity. Let us wisely use it so that its values will extend to eternity. Rags or Robes In that remarkable chapter, the eleventh in the Book of Hebrews, is the story of the achievement of primitive, first-century Christianity. Of those pioneering Chris tians it is said, “They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented.” They preached the gospel—-while they themselves were dress ed in rags. But witness the success of that preaching! How different it was from the preaching and from the results of this twentieth cen tury! The message today is preached in robes. In cathedral-like churches, expensive gowns now clothe the modem preacher. We have a right to ask whether the robes enhance the gospel. We grant there may be added dignity. But dignity is not nearly so necessary as is the “dynamite” of divine power that filled the first-century preacher. In the light of the record of our twen tieth-century accomplishments, it is to be feared that the robes that symbolize a cold ecclesiasticism are a liability rather than an tichristian and at last antihumanitarian. This axis is, of course, political, and in its final analysis, destructive. There is an other axis of great importance to the wel fare of the world. It is spiritual, and in its practical effect, constructive. It is the alli ance of forces between the church and the home—the home-church axis. This union of influence can present a strong front not only against totalitarianism, but also against the innumerable forces that threaten our liberties and securities. The alliance of this home-church axis must be in every sense pre-eminently spirit ual. When the father and the preacher, when the mother and the church school teacher, join hands in a spiritual crusade to capture the youth for Christ, we will have laid the foundations of a great spiritual resurgence. ■ ffi-V:’"■ T he “Killer D rug” Marijuana is a menace in America. This subtly poisonous weed, offered in cigarettes to unsuspecting young people, is responsible for a wave of immorality and crime of which the Christian public is little aware. G-Men grapple with this monster; they call it “The Assassin of Youth.” Robert J. Devine, of Lansing, Mich., knows not only the revolting history of this drug through exhaustive research in the subject, but he also knows more: the only remedy that is efficacious — deliverance through “the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.” "Victims of this scourge insist and implore that nation-wide warnings be issued to save other boys and girls from the horri ble experiences which have been their un happy lot," Mr. Devine states. “I have talked with the victims; I have seen the ravages of the 'killer drug’ in their bodies and minds.” In a startling article to appear soon in T he K ing ' s B usiness , Mr. Devine will dis cuss the subject and the Christian’s respon sibility to the boys and girls of our day. Will you begin to pray now that this forth coming message will be the means in God's hands of awakening Christians and warning youth? ----------- Joy—for 1939 With truth as fresh as though it had been uttered for the first time in our day, Luther’s words echo through the years. “The devil,” he says, "that lost spirit, cannot endure sa cred songs of joy. Our passions and impa tience, our complaining and our crying, our ‘Alas!’ and our ‘Woe is me!’ please him well: but our songs and psalms vex and grieve him.” Let us “sing praises to God, sing praises” (Psa. 47:6) however dark the coming days may be. When “the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout” (1 Thess. 4:16) let Him find us singing halle lujahs for His grace. asset to the church. It is not that they are wrong in themselves, but that we have become more concerned with the dignity they bespeak than with the divine power that must accompany the message. We must remember that to preach the gospel in rags, for the sake of wearing shabby cloth ing, is not the secret of success. Neither is it true that the use of robes is a mark of spiritual degeneracy. It is not the dress of the preacher but the heart of the preacher that matters, and the purity of his message drawn from the Word of God. The gospel needs no embellishment. It can best be “adorned” by means of the life and service of believers, who are exhorted "that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.” If achievement constitutes a recommenda tion for appropriate dress of the gospel wit ness, then the argument is more in favor of rags than of robes. Never have there been such results as those which followed those early preachers who "wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.” Primitive Christianity has set the style and the pace for us. As some one has said, "It overcame paganism because it out- thought it, out-lived it, and out-died it.” And it did it dressed in rags. The Rome-Berlin Axis We have heard much of the Rome-Berlin axis, an expression signifying the political and military alliance between Germany and Italy. Our expanding horizon of Totali- taria now includes Japan, so that we really have a Berlin-Rome-Tokyo "axis.” Prophetically, this alignment is doomed to failure. Both Germany and Japan are outside of the area of the predicted restored Roman Empire. What it is that will arise to disrupt this axis is, at the present time, more or less a matter of speculation. Total itarianism will continue as a quality of end- time government. It is the “iron” of Nebu chadnezzar's dream image. It is at present expressing itself in a violent form of anti- Semitism. It next will become definitely an During the period that is being planned for the visit of Louis T. Talbot in Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex., February 5 to 22, his messages will be heard daily over KRLD (1040 kilocycles) from 2:00 to 2:45 P.M. This arrangement is possible through the generous kindness of W. E. Hawkins, Jr., director of the Radio Revival Hour, who has ¡ust con cluded eleven years of continuous radio gospel broadcasting. The Scofield Me morial Church, Dallas, of which Harlin J. Roper is pastor, will provide for the afternoon broadcasts. President Talbot Heard Over the Air 8 January, 1939 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S Views and Reviews of Current News Reviews of 1938 and Previews of 1939 By DAN GILBERT San Diego, California, and Washington, D.C. The idea of their actually engaging in serious combat becomes increasingly pre posterous. The New Republic, noted for its far sightedness on foreign affairs, maintains (in an October 19, 1938, editorial) that Hitler is now in a position where “he can make friends with Soviet Russia, and participate in a new and probably bloodless partition ing of Poland.” The editorial continues: "You may argue that after Hitler has built his whole philosophy on hatred of Bolshevism, he could not now make friends with Moscow; but if you argue thus, you do not understand the utter lack of logic in German thought today, or the complete regimentation of the public mind by the state. Such an ar rangement could be sold to the people as a mere economic compact, buttressed by mutual promises to refrain from hostile propaganda. Germany and Russia were friends for a long time, after the Versailles system had been set up. They form a logical economic unit, with Germany’s heavy industry and Russia’s vast agrarian resources.” Another well-known foreign correspon dent has said that, paradoxical as it may seem, the "show-down” struggle leading up to Munich actually brought Hitler and Stalin close together. It revealed to both of them the incongruity of their carrying on their "conflict” on any field of battle more dangerous than the printed page and the radio forum. According to this writer, even the common people of both Germany and Russia are coming to realize that they have nothing to fight about, that Com munism and Naziism have everything in common in their joint advance against dem ocratic government and Christian civiliza tion throughout the world. Public opinion would not long sustain a war in either na tion, according to this authority. A NAZI-SOVIET ACCORD NOT IN OFFING, HOWEVER: This development does not mean, though, that a Nazi-Soviet accord is in prospect, or even in sight. It is not—not by a long shot. Neither Hitler nor Stalin could afford to admit that it has been just a sham struggle they have been staging. Hitler needs the bogey of Bol shevism to dangle over the heads of “cap italist” nations from which he seeks to wrest concessions, and he still must feature it in his propaganda appeals to his own citizens and subjects, if he is to keep them hysterical and fanatical in their blind loy alty. The Soviets would not extinguish Fasc ism if they could. It is their chief talking point. It is by stressing and playing up the menace and fear of Fascism that the Reds seek to gain control of the United States, the richest prize among the nations. After conducting an extended investigation doesn’t want war with Soviet Russia; and the Reds don’t want war with Nazi Germany. If Lindbergh really did keep Great Britain from defying Hitler and bringing on war, the Soviets are thanking him in their hearts, regardless of what they are saying for propa ganda purposes. Hitler's rhetorical on slaughts of high-powered invective directed against Bolshevism are com ing more and more to resemble an ap plication of the psychological device whereby one whistles to keep up his courage. Hitler inveighs against Bol shevism to keep up the ‘front’ of mili tant anti-Communism. He’s built his whole movement, he’s won all the friends that Naziism has, by parading as a savior of civilization from the Reds, and he can’t afford to drop the disguise now, even though it is wear ing embarrassingly thin.” The fact of the matter is that Hitlerism and Stalinism are "sisters under the skin.” They are the same in essence and the same in organization. They are the same form of tyranny, the same form of regimenta tion, the same system of dictatorship. They are expressions of the same basically ma terialistic, pagan, and anti-Christ ideology. THE MEANING OF THE PEACE OF MUNICH: The enactment of the so-called "peace" of Munich was the outstanding event of 1938. The shadow which it casts over the future cannot fail to color, if not control, the march of the major events of 1939. Students of the international situation are just beginning to grasp the fuller and deeper meaning of world developments dramatized by the Munich agreement to postpone war. A well-known international correspondent of a widely circulating “lib eral" magazine recently stated it this way: “On the surface, it would seem that recent events have sharpened and em bittered the conflict between Nazi Ger many and Communist Russia. To be sure. Hitler ‘sounded off' both before and after the ‘peace’ accord with more bitter attacks on Bolshevism: and the Soviet press attempted to ‘smear’ Col onel Lindbergh with the fantastic charge that his belittlement of the Soviet air fleet is all that persuaded Chamberlain to refrain from teaming up with the U. S. S. R. in a ‘stop Hitler’ war. “But it’s all a bluff to screen the hol lowness of the sham battle. Hitler International News Photo W A R OF POLITICAL IDEAS Strange mixtures of political theory were represented in this anti-Nazi demonstration outside the Deutsches Haus of Los Angeles, Calif., in August of 1938. Inside the building the Western States Convention of the Anti-Communist League was meeting. Outside were such banners as "Young People's Socialist League— 4th International," "Inside— A Nazi Convention: Outside— An American Protest," and "Democracy Is Progress." The event, typical of happenings in many American cities, bears out Dr. Gilbert's contention in the accompanying article that, in their attacks upon each other, Communism and Naziism seek to gain adherents from non-Com- munist and non-Nazi groups. January, 1939 T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S 9 of subversive movements in America, a spe cial committee of the Massachusetts legisla ture declared, "The Committee is of the belief that the present widespread alarm concern ing Fascism in America in large part is the result of artful propaganda plan ned and inspired by the Communist Party, and widely spread by its satel lites and allies." The Soviets and Nazis work "both sides of the street” of civilization. Neither one could function effectively without the other. Each needs the other; and each bat tens and feeds upon the other. The menace of Communism in Germany gave Hitler his opportunity to sell the people Naziism as a “remedy.” In America today, it is by the ex ploitation of the fear of Fascism that Com munists are making their greatest advance. By pretending to “fight Fascism," the Reds are lining up many non-Communists in their camp. At the same time, the Nazi "Bundites” are pretending to “fight Com munism,” and are likewise lining up non- Nazis in their ranks. Both Nazis and Soviets seek to popular ize the slogan, "If you’re not one, you must be the other. Every American must choose —between Naziism and Communism.” Ob viously, the whole scheme is a "put-up job,” By pretending to fight each other, both the Nazis and the Communists are making their greatest gains. There is just one way to safeguard our nation from both menaces—and that is to oppose them both, with equal vigor. The man who opposes one while condoning the other, is betraying his nation into the hands of the enemies of democracy. THE PERSONAL FACTOR: In any sys tem of "one-man” government, the per sonality of that one individual becomes a dominant factor. It is undeniable that Hitler and Stalin heartily hate each other, despite the fact that each is intelli gent enough to recognize his dependence on the other, and each is acute enough to realize that. Naziism and Sovietism have practically everything in common from the ideological standpoint. It probably cramps his ego, but Hitler is aware that he copied his whole political structure, that he borrowed his chief weap ons and instruments of terrorism, that he learned his revolutionary and conspirator ial strategy, from Bolshevism. His only ma jor alteration in method was that of sub stituting race hatred for class hatred as the driving force of his propaganda ma chine. But despite all this, the personal feud is intense and irreconcilable. So long as both men remain the living leaders of their na tions, the possibility of any sort of working alliance between Hitlerism and Stalinism is too remote to consider. Even if such an alliance were mutually advantageous, it would not and could not become a reality. They probably would go to war rather than join hands in any sort of formal accord; but it is doubtful whether they would go to war for any other reason. Viewing him self as the man of destiny, each dictator regards the other as an obstacle in his path, a rival candidate for the premier place in The threat of outright confiscation of private business, of government ownership and operation of all industry, is used as a lash and a spur upon businessmen, large and small. By degrees, Naziism is proceed ing to the gradual socialization of the ma jor industries. Meanwhile, as Naziism pushes to the "left," Sovietism steers to the "right.” Stalin is continuing his retreat away from Leninist Bolshevism, to such an extent that he has been obliged to silence the com plaints and criticisms of those veteran Bol sheviks who still remain true to the "Lenin ist line.” Renouncing the policy of com plete government ownership and operation of all property, Stalin is permitting to grow up some degree of private ownership of certain forms of property. Small accumu lations of private goods, and provision for small savings and investments, are per mitted on a restricted scale, and even en couraged. The "profit motive” has been re-introduced and is being exploited force fully in Soviet society. "Production for use” has been abandoned as an unwork able dream. Ability and hard work are be ing rewarded on an increasing scale. A new class of "property owners” is being permitted to take root in the socialized soil of modified Sovietism. Russia is learning from Germany that the "profit motive” can be exploited more read ily than it can be rooted out. And Germany is learning from Russia that liberty is a “luxury,” that freedom for employers, as well as for employees, can be eliminated easily, thus producing the sheer and brutal "efficiency” of a completely slave state. Russia is moving to the right, and Germany is moving to the left; and the coming to gether of the two outer sections of the collectivist movement is merely a matter of time. A centralized collectivist system, embracing the “strong" points of both Naziism and Communism, looms as the ul timate fruitage of developments which seem certain to begin to take form in the ensu ing year. The actual signing and sealing of a Ger- man-Russian accord from all appearances will not eventuate for several years, at least. But despite the staged efforts of their leaders to keep them officially apart, the two nations are moving closer together within the common temple of collectivism. They are being united, organically, as the collectivist ideology materializes as a con crete system in the two nations. PRAGUE AS A PIVOT IN THE COURSE OF THE COLLECTIVIST AD VANCE: It is this writer’s opinion that prior to the surrender at Munich, Prague was the focal center of the Communist ad vance in Europe. It was through Prague that “assistance,” military and otherwise, was directed to "loyalist” Spain from Soviet Russia. It was through Prague that Soviet propaganda was spread throughout the Continent. The “fall of Prague” has been lamented loudly and lachrymosely by the Soviet spokesmen. But, as we have observed, their tears were mostly crocodile. Likewise, the "defection” of France was roundly de plored by the Red propagandists. France had gone back, had defaulted on her pact [Continued on page 17] A Moscow Correspondent's View “Russo-Nazi Friendship Possibility” is the title of an article in the October 19, 1938, issue of the Chronicle of World Affairs, a League of Nations Associa tion publication, which included the fol lowing statements: Walter Duranty, former regular Mos cow correspondent of the New York Times and erstwhile much read and generally respected interpreter of things Soviet Russian, has of more recent times come to be thought of—justly or unjustly —as “Stalin’s press agent.” Less than two weeks after Munich, Mr. Duranty cabled an article to the United States concerning future Russian policy, which was copyrighted and syndicated by the New York Times and North American Newspaper Alliance. In this article, Mr. Duranty suggests the possibility (he does not say probabil ity) of a Russo-German rapprochement —“cooperation instead of war.” “When you come down to brass tacks,” writes Mr. Duranty, “there is no obstacle now to Russo-German friendship, which Bismarck advocated so strongly— save Hitler’s fanatic fury against what he calls ‘Jewish-Bolshevism.’ But Herr Hitler is not immortal and dictators can change their minds.” twentieth-century history. Strange as it may seem to some, Hitler does not regard Mussolini in this light, according to reli able commentators. THE UNITED COLLECTIVIST FRONT TAKES SHAPE: P e rso n a l an im o sity would keep Hitler and Stalin apart, even if both of them did not realize that the conquest of civilization by collectivism re quires that they pretend to fight each other on separate fronts. Naziism and Sovietism will remain, os tensibly at least, the most irreconcilable of enemies, but all the while they will con tinue to assume their places as elements of a single system. The few points of dis similarity between the two systems are being progressively ironed out. The Hitler ite pretense that Naziism seeks to “protect" religion and private property against ex termination by atheist Communism has proved to be the sheerest of hoaxes. The Nazi persecution and suppression of "non conformists,” whether they be of the Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish faith, con tinue with aggravated savagery. The rights of private business and agriculture have been whittled away to the vanishing point. Hitler's march to power was financed largely by"big business”men, who believed his propaganda that he would save them fromCommunism. These so-called capitalists now recognize that they purchased their own enslavement when they paved Hitler’s path to power. Private business is no more in Germany. All business, all industry, is conducted to build up the power of the State and its military machine. The free dom of the businessman has been destroyed, along with the freedom of labor. Profits of industry and wages of labor are, to a' con fiscatory degree, seized by the State. IO T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S January, 1939 7 Peters Ten Spiritual Crises PART I S IMON PETER is doubtless, for the rank and file of Christians, one of the best known and best loved of all Bible characters. Peter’s name is mentioned in the Gospels and The Acts at least 170 times, while John’s occurs less than thirty times. Man of action, and man of the loving heart, Peter was, so to speak, the first member of the Christian church, the first leader, the first pastor; he was a prophet, a Bible writer, a fisher of men, a sinner saved by grace. Our Lord commissioned Peter to strengthen the brethren. As the Sunday-school world will study again his life and letters in these opening months of 1939, Peter will continue this work of strengthening the brethren. How was Peter himself strengthened? What was the secret of his life of victory? Christians often think of themselves as like Peter in his frailties. Have we learned his secret of victory? Meeting the Master means a miracle. This is the secret of Simon’s transformation into Peter. When Peter was introduced to the Lord Jesus, the Lord introduced Peter to his own inner self, and made that great decla ration which was a proph ecy of what He would do with Simon Peter; "Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John; thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by in terpretation, Peter)” (John 1:42, R. V.; cf, A. V., ‘A stone’). How did this transformation take place? There was the divine side, and there was * President, Columbia Bible College. among many Christians in supposing that Saul of Tarsus, as an unsaved persecutor of the church, was typical of all Israelites. Men were always saved by grace through faith, and when Christ came those who in Old Testament times had turned to God in faith and were born of the Spirit, imme diately received Jesus as the Christ, just as Simeon did. If this is true, then Simon Peter's first crisis was his childhood faith. Jewish children in devout Jewish homes, like children in devout Christian homes, were taught the Word of God from their infancy. But they were not bom saved. There came a time when a decision was made. Again, every Jewish boy became a "son of the law” at thirteen. This was an im portant crisis in the life of a Jewish boy. In the case of Saul and other unsaved Is raelites, it was an outward thing. But it was intended to be a great spiritual expe rience, a boy’s outward confession before the world of that childhood faith that was his. The judgment of most scholars is that the human side. As we study Peter’s expe riences before the cross and after the cross there may be noticed ten great spiritual crises in his life. Before the cross, it is probable that there were seven of these crises, although only four of them are definitely mentioned in Scripture. These crises before the cross center around his conversion, his call to discipleship, his great confession. Peter's Early Experience of Saving Faith We are introduced to Peter in the Gos pels when Andrew "findeth first his own brother Simon,” and "brought him unto Jesus” (John 1:41, 42, R. V.). This event is often spoken of sis Peter’s conversion, but it seems altogether likely that there were three definite spiritual crises or de cisions in Simon Peter’s life before he was brought by his brother into the personal presence of the Messiah-Saviour. Like Timothy, Peter from a child had known the Scriptures. So had Saul of Tar Peter was a disciple of John the Baptist, as his brother Andrew was. All earnest Jews who w ere looking for the consolation of Israel had an opportu nity to accept God’s proph et when John the Baptist made the announcement that the kingdom of heaven was at hand. The ac ceptance of John and Messages for Teachers of the International Sunday-School Lessons Around the world, Peter’s life and message is to be the theme for countless Sunday-school classes in these opening three months of 1939. Dr. McQuilkin’s current article and the second installment to appear next month will give Christian leaders new insight into the very meaning of Peter’s life and influence—his vital relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ. (Please see also pages 13 and 23 of this issue.) sus. Did Peter belong to the group who were Israelites indeed, like Nathanael, like Zacharias and Elisabeth, Simeon and Anna, or did he belong to the group of Pharisees, who rejected Christ and hated and perse cuted the Christians? There is confusion of his message constituted a real decision. Those who received John the Baptist were friendly with Christ. Those Jewish leaders who rejected Christ had first of all rejected John the Baptist. [Continued on page 14]
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