153
THE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S
seven day’s wages for six day’s work, and asks th a t the seventh day may be spent in fellowship w ith Him. Is lie asking too much? The h earts of some of God’s people in Los Angeles have been saddened in th e days when th is is being w ritten, because our g reat L iberty P a ir was not only kept runn ing full blast th e first Sunday, b u t instead of its being closed on th e following S aturday evening, it was decided to run it ano ther Lord’s day. On the first Sunday of the fair, Lieut. Chaffee, and his companion, were killed, when th e ir aeroplane crashed to the ground only a sho rt distance away from Exposition P ark . During the week, according to our papers, a g reat draw ing card a t th e fair, was horse rac ing, and a t least one of our newspapers stated th a t hundred of dollars were lost and won, betting on horses. Several arrests were made, according to our newspapers, for other form s of gam bling a t the fair, such as games of chance, all of them , of course, being ag ain st the law of the S tate of Cali fornia. And then, afte r trea tin g God like this, we ring our church belie a t noon and ask the folks th a t have been doing these things, to pray to God. The fifth commandment enjoins obedience to parents. Not obedience merely b u t th e loving care which chil dren owe to th e ir parents. See Mark 7 :11 ; Col. 3 :20 ; Eph. 6 :2 ; 1 Tim. 5:4. The sixth commandment forbids m urder, and w ith its New Testam ent application, enjoins carefulness of the lives of others, and forbids anger and hatred. See 1 Jno. 3 :15 ; Matt. 5:22. The seventh commandment forbids impurity. Unfaithfulness to th e m ar riage relationship, like profanity, is coming to be recognized as one of our g reat n ational sins. Matt. 5 :28 ; Eph. 5 :29 ; Col. 3:8. The eighth commandment forbids dishonesty: w hether it be actual tak ing w hat does not belong to us, or borrow-
veal H imself to us in the spirit, by His Spirit. India, w ith its four hundred mil lion different idol gods, has more gods th a n people. Every one of these idols in India, and other heathen lands, is an object of fear, not of love. The sacri fices th a t are offered to them are to p ropitiate them , and save the offerer from th e ir vengeance. Any one versed in m issionary lite ra tu re will understand readily God’s loving purpose in banish ing idols from Israel. The th ird commandment enjoins th a t God’s name be reverenced. P rofanity is generally recognized today, as one of the n ational sins of th e United States. As one goes up and down the stree ts of our cities, it is almost impos sible to avoid over-hearing profanity in one form or another. Even women, dressed as ladies, seem to th ink no shame in profanely using th e name of th e Saviour, and doing it in public places. Is not th e use of God’s name though t lessly a breach of th is commandment, ju s t as really as using it profanely? We use His name in public and private- prayer and praise, in th e home and Sun day school and church, w ithout stop ping to realize ju st w hat we are doing. The fou rth commandment enjoins us to reverence God’s day. Physicians bear th e ir w itness, which history also proves to be true, th a t man needs one day’s re st in seven, for his physical welfare. Man also needs th e re st day, once a week, for the nourishm ent of his sp iritual nature* and th e church and th e people of God need the weekly rest day, for a testim ony th a t we are hu t pilgrim s and sojourners here, and th a t our home is over yonder. The re st day is not a burden imposed upon hum anity by God, to deprive them of something; b u t a gracious -remission, on His p art, of th e decree th a t “man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow .” To pu t it in ano th er way, God pays man
Made with FlippingBook - Online Brochure Maker