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THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
EDITORIALLY
SPEAKING
God are fully prepared when death strikes. This is the part of wisdom and certainly the part of common sense. Is your preparation complete? If not, you have failed to learn the lesson which God has intended to teach you by means of the passing of our President. ★ ★ Truman Becomes Nation's Chief We are more than delighted at the first official utterances given by our new President. Our understanding is, that on the very afternoon of Mr. Roosevelt’s death, as he met with a group of newsmen, President Truman was heard to request of these men that they pray for him and he added, “I mean that, too.” This certainly quickens and enlarges our hope re garding the future of our beloved country, and the trustworthiness of our new administration. In his first official radio broadcast carried to the Nation over all the larger networks, and possibly with as large a listening audience as has ever been assembled, again we find our new President in deep humility, tak ing the place of a suppliant and mak ing request of the God of the ages for wisdom to lead our Nation. At the close of his speech, which exhibited both statesmanship and tenacity of purpose, Mr. Truman appropriately likened himself to King Solomon as the latter began to rule in the place of his father David. Selecting a por tion of King Solomon’s prayer, Mr. Truman called upon God to observe his lack of ability and to supply the needed wisdom to lead this great land of America. Our hearts utter a hearty amen to this and we pledge ourselves to per sistently and earnestly pray for this man who has shown such unexpected appreciation of divine principles. We are certain beyond the peradventure of a doubt, that if the Christian peo ple of America were to daily lav our
President’s Death On Thursday afternoon, April 12, the entire Nation was shocked by the news of the death of our War-time Presi dent. While it had been observed for some months that Mr. Roosevelt’s health was not what it should be, still the people as a whole were en tirely unprepared for the precipitate news of his death. Very few of us can ever realize the stupendous bur- der that is carried by the Chief Exe cutive of these United States and, with the world engaged in global con flict, that burden has increased- a hundred fold. While it is true that we could not fully agree with the ideologies and principles of the ad ministration, still we deeply admired the courage, tenacity, good humor and extraordinary abilities of our late President. Undoubtedly, however, his sudden death has done more to bring the rank and file of our people to a knowledge of the uncertainty of life than all the acts of Mr. Roosevelt’s administration. The Word of God has stated that “It is appointed unto man once to die,” but in the rush and hurry of everyday modern life, many had forgotten. Ac cording tb the reports of the news papers, the President died without giving any last words. Evidently he had not planned to die at that time, but plans of men make no difference when God calls. We are sure that the sympathies of the entire nation are sincerely extended to the bereaved family. It would be a tragedy to let this event of world-wide significance and publicity pass without applying its divine teaching to our own hearts. Some day, perhaps without warning, death will beckon for you and me, and in spite of the importance of our task, we must immediately drop what we are doing to answer the call. Not withstanding the abruptness of any one’s summons, he may be prepared. The Book of God lists in detail the steps of preparation. Many of God’s saints who are steeped in the Word of
President’s name before the Throne of God, asking that he be divinely em powered with wisdom necessary for his task, we would see a different land of America. God help us not to fail, but to follow the Scriptural admoni tion to pray for “kings and for all those who are in authority.” God bless you, President Truman, God keep you safely and God give you wisdom for your task. ★ ★ Letter From Dr. Roberts Most of our readers will remember, and this is a good time to inform our new readers, that the Bible In stitute of Los Angeles owns and op erates another completely equipped Bible Institute in central China. Dur ing the past five sorrowful years this Hunan Bible Institute has been closed, but with brighter prospects on the horizon, the Board of Direc tors of the Bible Institute has dis patched Dr. Charles Roberts, the Su perintendent of the China Depart ment, back to that land to set about the task of reopening the school when conditions permit. A letter is received from Dr. Rob erts from South Africa which gives encouragement as to the possibility of his soon arrival in India, and thence to China. There is the greatest need for a real volume of prayer to ascend to our Heavenly Father in be half of the reopening of this work. Surely, if there is one thing that new China will need following the years of blood, sweat and tears, it will be this training school Where hundreds of bright, Christian Chinese students can be trained for the task of the evangeli zation of that vast country. Put this on vour prayer list.
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