7«
T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
February, 1941
LIFE OUT OF DEATH [ Continued from Page 53]
R ead ,Good Books on Prophecy Now !
The ELEVENTH"HOUR"
A new book, by Dr. A . I. Brown, author and lectur er. W ith the world In such turmoil, be sure and read this. Some chapter titles as follow s: The Present World Crisis, —- W ill Ger many Become a W orld- Wide Empire? — The Ro man Empire and Its Re vival Under Mussolini.—-I The Cumin* W orld-D icta tor — Anti-Christ, — Two Great' Future Conflicts,-- Etc., Etc. Hundreds of copies sold
“No, Mother, I couldn’t. I’m done with ' all that!” he answered gravely to her pleading. The circle of his friends talked him over. ‘‘He might as well have died,” said a young girl bitterly. “He’s just like one dead. Or like a stranger! He looks at you from so far away! Whoever would •have thought his brother’s death would have made him like 'this? He can’t bring Stephen back by acting like the tomb!” And one day he heard two elderly men conversing. They did not know their voices carried to the seat behind them in the suburban train. ‘‘Yes, he’s set tled down more than I ever dreamed he could,” said one, a noted lawyer, whom he knew as a deqj- friend of his dead father. “I’m sure he’s going to make a good man. He used to be a bit wild, but he seems to have given all that up. But he’ll never be half the man his brother. Stephen was!” “Oh, no!” said the other. “He lacks something. I wouldn’t exactly say pep! He’s taken hold of his business with a Stem rigidity I wouldn't have expected of one so unstable as he was, but he lacks that deep vital spark that Stephen had, that was almost spirituality even in business matters.” “Yes,” said the lawyer thoughtfully, “Stephen was the most Godlike man I ever knew. For so young a man it was most remarkable. It was almost as if Christ were come down and were living his life for him. He fairly radiated God in his whole contact with the world.” Philip sat listening behind his shelter ing newspaper and let the thought drive deep into his heart. It carried real conviction with it. That was the matter with him. He was not Godlike. Stephen had been Godlike and he never could be. He was sure of that! It wasn’t in him. Yet somehow, if he knew how to go about it, he would like to try. When a mere boy in his teens, he had joined the church. In a general way he had known himself for a sinner and ad mitted belief in the atoning sacrifice of the Saviour. It seemed a kind, benevolent thing for the Saviour to have done to die on the cross in a general atonement, and he always felt that if there was some mistake about it and it should prove not to be true, it was at least “a peach of a fake,” and a pleasant way tc> get through life to have a safe feeling about the hereafter. But he had scarcely given two thoughts to the matter since he united with the church. He felt that he had done all that was necessary, and there remained but to live a fairly decent life and he would be eligible for any crowns that Were to be handed out. Now, however.
as he thought of Stephen and of what these two respected men had been say ing, he saw that there must be some thing more. Stephen had been Godlike. Well, then he would be Godlike too! He would go to work and get to himself some real righteousness such as Stephen had. To that end he suggested to his mother that they go to prayer meeting that night. Much surprised, she assented and they went, but he got very little help from that save a mild kind of self- satisfaction that he had gone. An old prosy deacon took the service arid droned out worn platitudes that did not reach beyond the surface. But there was mention of a new leader for the Boy Scouts, as the old leader had resigned, and volunteers were called for. Philip thought it over and offered his own services. Perhaps this was the way to become Godlike, to make himself what Stephen had been and make his life tell for the, things that haul meant so much to Stephen. They told him that a Sunday-school claws of boys went with the Scout or ganization, and after a moment’s hesi tation he took that over, too. This was what Stephen would have been likely to do. He wondered what he should teach those boys. He prepared some platitudes and realized hopelessly the boys’ rest lessness. The empty words he was giv ing them meant nothing, had no aim. The boys were letting them roll off their well-armored young souls like a shower of harmless shot. He wasn’t getting amywhere. They didn’t even like him very well. He could see that. For weeks he went dragging himself through duties, financial and spiritual, getting nowhere. Each week when a meeting was over he resolved to resign before the next, yet went on for Ste phen’s sake. Some one asked him to address the Sunday-school on Boys’ Day because Stephen had always had such a won derful message for the boys. He tried to do it, but saw through their polite ness how bored they were. He had noth ing to give them but chips, more plati tudes that they already knew by heart. He was really giving them some of the same old dry phrases he had hated so in speakers when he was a boy. That night he got down upon his knees and wept in the dark. He actually spoke to God and told Him he was a failure; that he couldn’t go on any longer; that God, if there was a God. who expected him to carry on, must help! He couldn’t do another thing alone! [T o be continued J
before the book came from the press. 159 pages. Price per single copy, 75c. Five copies when or dered from this ad, sent to one address, $3.00. « By Dr. A . I. Brown. A fine book dealing with many prophetic and important subjects. W e know of no other such book.- 220 pages. Cloth .'binding* Price $1. 00 . GOD’S PROPHECIES FOR PLAIN PEOPLE By Dr. W . L. Pettingill. A valuable book of 246 pages, dealing with vital subjects, including The Amazing. Final Seven Years,;—Armageddon— When It Comes,— After the Millennium, W hat? —E tc.r Etc. Cloth, $1.25; paper, 75c. PROPHETIC GLIMPSES A valuable book with a wealth of prophetic truth. 153 pages. Price 50c. UNVEILING THE FUTURE Twelve messages, by twelve authors, including Rimmer, Gaebelein, Trumbull, Barnhoust, Sale- Harrison, etc. Price $1.00. Fundamental Truth Publishers F IN D L A Y , OHIO INTO THE CLOUDS NEW BOOKS BY Dr. Graham Scroggie KNOW YOUR BIBLE A brief introduction to and detailed an alysis of each book of the Bible, with notes on the various groups of books. In two vols I. Old Testament, 7/1 net; 8 /. p. f, II. New Testament, 8/6 net; 8 /. p. f, * The Two YoU . for 16/f post free WHAT ABOUT HEAVEN? The Iff, of the Believer after Death, Its Realiiy and Nature. A True Messase of Comfort. 3 /6 net: 3/10 post free. W rite for Complete Lot of Bible W orks PICKERING & INGLIS, LTD. 238 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, C\2. IS TH IS CALL VAflDCO Wanted: Christian men and worn- | A endirectedbyth« Spirit, to spread tbaGoapel as oar representativesinyour home community- ADD INCOM E Plan Is FREE. Distribute low-priced DO S ER V IC E £*r**£M Scripture portions. .. . pamphlets, cards and other Gospel- **•**•- Liberal discounts tp those selling— thousand^ bare been helped. Work founded by D. l T Moody. Write today for catalog and details. BIBLE INSTITUTE COLPORTAGE ASS’N 816 North W e ll. Street Chicago, III.
B e s t W i s h e s from W. A. BROWN
« '
Made with FlippingBook - Online Brochure Maker