January 1943
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Around the King's Table LOUIS T. TALBOT, Editor-in-Chlef
LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY By MABEL M. SEVERN Some early morning trysting hour Hath g i v e n Thee its need of power And made Thy ministry to flower; Teach us to prayl What heavenly vision hast Thou seen That giveth Thee a kingly mien. Thy brow unruffled and serene? Teach us to prayl What gavest power to walk the wave, A trusting, doubting Peter save? To learn of Thee our spirits crave. Teach ¿us to prayl What lavish graces dost Thou bring1 What comfort on Thy healing wing! Thou drinkest from some hidden spring. Teach us to prayl . In the last issue of THE KING’S BUSINESS, the eighth annual Torrey Memorial Conference was announced to be held January 24 through 31, 1943. However, since that time two considerations have appeared which make the holding of the conference unwise. . First, the government has requested that civilian travel be limited as much as possible. A number of the speak ers who had been engaged for this gathering would have had to come from the East or Middle West. Second, due to gas rationing, many of the friends in Southern California who would desire to be present at the Torrey Conference, could not travel the comparatively g r e a t distances from their homes to this downtown Los Angeles center. Accordingly, for the duration, the conference will be omitted from, the annual program of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles and the Church of the Open Door. But the challenge of R. A. Torrey, which was to have been the basis of this year’s meditation and inspiration, will still ring forth: “ God is calling all Christians to rouse up and go to work, witnessing for Christ!” In new ways and under changed cir cumstances, m a y t h a t witnessing nevertheless increase, for God’s glory. Torrey Memorial Conference Cancelled
Inspired with faith and courage by these words, let uS turn again to the work that confronts us in this time of national emergency; in the armed services and the Merchant Marine; in factories and offices; on farms and in the mines; on highways', railways and airways; in other places of public serv ice to ÿie nation; and in our homes. Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roose velt, President of the United States of America, do hereby invite the at tention of the people to the joint reso lution of Congress approved December 26, 1941, which designates the fourth Thursday in November of each year as Thanksgiving Day; and I request that both Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1942, and New Year’s Day, January 1, 1943, be observed in prayer; publicly and privately. In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caüsed the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-seventh. (S E A L ) By The President: Franklin D. Roosevelt. This Issue— and the Next , It is fitting that this issue of- THE KING’S BUSINESS, the first in 1943, should center attention particularly on prayer. The words on the cover crystallize America’s need, and the articles which follow all bear upon the theme in some way. Next month, the Lord willing, we shall publish a. Bible Number, for we believe that t h e tw o necessities, prayer and Bible study, go together. Two very significant' articles have been chosen for publication in Feb ruary: “The Bible and Science,” by O. E. Sanden, a Phi Beta Kappa man and a staunch believer in the Scrip tures; and “The Romance of the Bible in Old Mexico,” by W. Cameron Town- •send, one who has been privileged to witness, perhaps more closely than any other man, remarkable openings which the Lord has made for His Word among our Southern neighbors. As is apparent, every effort is being made to publish material that is strikingly up to date in its interest value. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State.
President Asks Prayer on Two Holidays
In an unusual proclamation—which we quote in its entirety — President Roosevelt called upon the American people to observe ‘both Thanksgiving and New Year’s as days of prayer.
By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATION
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord. Across the uncertain ways of space and time our’ hearts echo those words, for the days are with us again when, at the gathering of the harvest, we solemnly express our dependence upon Almighty God. The final months of this year, now almost; spent, find our Republic and the nations joined with it waging a battle on many fronts for the preserva tion of liberty. In giving thanks for the greatest harvest in the history of our nation, we who plant and reap can well re solve that in the year to come we will do all in our power to pass that mile stone; for by our labors in the fields we can share some part' of the sacri fice with our brothers and sons who wear the uniform of the United States. It is fitting that we recall now the reverent words of George Washington: - “Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection,” and that every American in his own way lift his voice to heaven. I recommend that all of us bear in mind this great Psalm: “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. “He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me. “ Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever."
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