T H E K IN G ’S B U S I N E S S
No. 7
JULY, 1916.
Vol 7
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E D I T O R I A L In the May number of T he K ing ' s B usiness an article appears by President Charles A. Blanchard of Wheaton College, under the title, “What is an Answer to Prayer.” This article is a chapter from his book,
Valuable Work on Prayer.
“Getting Things from God,” and appeared in the magazine, not only that our readers might be profited by reading' the article, but still more that they might be led to buy the book and read it as a whole. These facts were inadvertently omitted. We wish to heartily recommend this book as one of the very best on prayer that we have recently read. The price is 35 cents, in paper cover, and 75 cents in cloth, and can be secured from the Biola Book Room.
There are many who think that a faithful minister of the gospel should never take a vacation. Their argu- ment is that the devil never takes a vacation, why should the minister of Christ ? The argument is spe
The Minister’? Vacation.
cious, but will not bear careful examination. Faithful ministers have bodies and those bodies do tire out, if they carry on their work for eleven months as they ought to carry it on, and the mind needs a rest too. The minister who works as he ought for eleven months and takes a vacation for one month will accomplish more than the man who takes no vacation. But while the minister ought to take a vacation, he should decide with much prayer as to where he will take it and as to how he will take it. He certainly ought not to take it in any way that will result in a letting down of his own spiritual life. He should take it in such a way that when he comes back to his work he will not only be stronger physically and mentally, but stronger spiritually. He certainly ought not to let down at all in his moral ideals and should not permit himself to do in vacation time the things that he could not conscientiously do when actively engaged in God’s work. He ought to take plenty of time for the' study of God’s Word and plenty of time for prayer. In these there will be no weari ness, but rather restfulness. Most ministers would do well, from the stand point of their physical welfare, ^s well as from the standpoint of spiritual culture, to attend some one of the Bible conferences of which in our day there are so many. One of the largest and most influential congregations Much-Appreciated in this country is the First Presbyterian Church of Endorsement. Seattle, Washington. It has had a remarkable his tory, its growth having been phenomenal,' and has awakened attention all over the United States. Its growth has not been in any wise due to a compromise with the spirit of the age, either in doctrine or
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