“BACK TO THE BIBLE” NUMBER—May, 1919THE KING’S BUSINESS MOTTO: “‘I, the Lord, do keep it, I will water tt every moment, lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Isa, 27:3 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES Entered as Second:Clas Mater November 47, 1910) a the Post Office at Las Angeles, California under the Act of March 3, Acceptance for malling at special ete of postage provided fois ection 1103, Act of Octabee 3, 1917 6 suthorised October 1, 1918. Volume X May, 1019 a Number 5 LEADING ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE Editorials: Noah Robbed of His Ark (394) Cleveland Moffett’s Crazy Quilt (394) The Real Pebble in the Critic’s Shoe (396) The Bible Vindieated Again (397) A Remarkable Court Pro- cedure (398) Raffling Off Souls (398) A Padlock to the Seriptures (399) Christ First (399) The League of Nations: Dr. A. C. Dixon (402) Scripture Numerics: Rev. Ivan Panin (407) Bible Institute Happenings (411) Evangelistic Stories (414) Daniel Webster’s Bible Confession (423) The Filing of Bible Material, KL. B. (424) International Sunday School Lessons (438) Daily Devotional Readings: Dr. F..W. Farr (472) The Christian Life Overflowing: Rev. W. P. Nicholson (468) The Bible: Dr. 0. P. Gifford (437) - Heart to Heart Talks with the Unsaved (432) The Far Horizon, Missionary (434) Homiletical Helps (435) Light on Puzzling Passages (436) When, sending subscriptions, address correspondence, to, Office ng's Business, Bibie Institute of Los Angeles, 526-558 South Hope ‘erect “Checks: may ‘ber made payable te Bible Tsou ‘Of Los Angeles, Do not maice checks'or money orders to individuals connecteq with” the Bible Institute, ONLY ONE DOLLAR_A YEAR SUBSCRIPTION PRICE— In the United States and Its Possessions and Mexico, and ints in the Central American Postal Union, $1.00 per year, In all other foreign countries, including Canade, $1.94, Ge. ad.) Single copies ro cents. See expiration date on the wrpper. BIBLE ENSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES 536558 South Hope Street - - Los Angeles, California _& =a = THE KING’S BUSINESS | : T. C. HORTON, Editor KEITH L. BROOKS, Managing Editor | Rr A-TORREY,D.D. FREDERIC W.FARR, D.D. J. H. HUNTER W,H. PIKE {:| l Contiibuting Edizors i i (El fe meres SERENE zs cam ~ EDITORIAL — - : NOAH ROBBED of His Ark The “Vi Rey.’ (God save the mark!) Thomas Charles Fry. Dean of Lincoln, has a controversy with the Son of God. At the Canterbury Con- voeation, the most serious religious convention in all England, he said he did not believe the Old Testament story of Noah, or of the Garden of Eden. The Dean says the time has come when the clergy of the Chureh of England can no longer stand in the pulpit and profess belief in things whieh they know their parishioners do not believe, especially when they also know that the parishioners know that the preachers do not believe these things themselves. Of course, a Dean would not want to preach anything that his parish- joners did not believe, so he goes around, we suppose, to find out, what they believe and preaches their unbelief, but he certainly gives himself away when he confesses that he had been preaching something that he did not believe himself, Of course,-such a fellow could not stand in the pulpit; he couldn’t stand anywhere. He ought to get down and pull out. He is not a preacher of the Gospel of God anyway. He has another Gospel. The position of such a man only confirms our belief in the Garden story, and the poor little Dean need not worry about the Ark.—T. ©. H. . £ ge CLEVELAND MOFFETT’S Graz) Quilt The following clipping from a semi-religious paper tells its own pathetic story, and we quote it because it gives evidence of a trend_of desire upon the part of many who have a very limited knowledge of the Bible, and of the place and part of the church in God’s plan. Cleveland Moffet says: I feel strongly that the churches of America are not rendering the national and patriotic service that they should render and might easily render, if they would better adjust themselves to the public needs. In cases where no parish houses are available, the churches themselves, when not required for religious services, should be used for popular lectures, concerts, motion picture entertainments and evening classes. Let it be remembered that the church buildings of America, over two-hundred thousands of them, are precious gathering places that belong absolutely to the people of this country. They were built by the people’s contributions. They are free from taxation (with a total estimated value of over three billion dollars) by the people’s favor. Therefore any activities calculated to benefit the people and give them reasonable. pleasures are legitimate within their walls; particularly any activities, like physical culture work, that will make us more efficient as defenders of the nation. ~—By all means let American churches-go on with their efforts to save weiTHE KING'S BUSINESS 395 souls, but let them do something towards saving their bodies, especially in these tragic times when civilization stands in jeopardy for the want of soldiers. Remem- ber that one-third of our young men under thirty, according to draft statistics, have been declared unable to fight the Prussian world-menace because they are physically unfit. Think of that! A recent examination of the Freshman class at Harvard University revealed the fact that fifty per cent. of these students were physically unfit! And our children are growing up physically unfit, not only poor children, but well-to-do children. Why is this? It is partly because our American churches, schools, and colleges have failed in their duty, they have failed to insist upon universal physical training. Why should not our ministers preach physical culture in their pulpits and practice it in their lives? Then why not let them dance in decent surroundings under conditions favor- able (not unfavorable) to their civic and social development? Why not make the parish houses of our churches community centers where the universal craving for this pleasant relaxation can be gratified and where young people, otherwise lonely and discontented, can make desirable acquaintances? There are some churches of which we know: that might as well be turned into gymnasiums and dance houses during the week, inasmuch as they are now used as amusement centers on Sundays. If a chureh is used on the Lord’s Day for the delivery of secular lectures or scientific discourses on the origin of man, for the recitation of poems, or the eracking of stale jokes, it would make but little difference to what purpose it was put during the week. If the preacher is to be a physical director and dancing master during the week, it brooks but little whether he stood on his head or his feet during the Sunday performance. But if the chureh building is to be used for the worship of God and the teaching of Holy Writ; if it is to be a gathering place for praise and prayer and fellowship with the Redeemer of -souls,—then, for His sake in-whose name we gather; for the sake of our children and for the sake of lost souls, let us strive to keep one place free from the unholy entanglements suggested. Let us keep them open day and night as life-saving stations to which may come the storm- tossed mariners on life’s sea. 3 It is not true that the churches were built with the people’s money and therefore they belong to the people, any more than the secret lodge belongs to the people. The churches for the- most part were built by sacrificial money tithes and offerings saved from slender salaries and hard- earned wages, by devoted Christian men and women. They belong to the —church, not to_the people, and when honestly used, are the saving factor for the perpetuity of our country. They were founded on the Bible and should be preserved as the centers of religious life and activities of the communities. The churches belong to the people of God, who are the salt of the earth, and who save the earth from the oncoming wrath of God. If the suggestions of Mr. Moffett were carried out it would not be long before the buildings would become the house of the harlot and the gate to hell. We are surprised that a man could be so ignorant of the cause that produced the unfitness of a third of our young men for war, and fifty per cent of the Harvard freshmen class for a man’s job. Let him find out how many cigarettes they smoke, what they drink and where they spend their evenings. Any man of experience in the game of life can tell him how to correct the evil. It cannot be done by turning tlfe churehes into pleasure resorts and dance houses, but by turning out of the pulpits the ‘men who are dishonoring-the calling of men-of God;and making ofthe396 THE KING'S BUSINESS CLEVELAND MOFFETT'S IDEAL CHURCH churches what~God-designed them to-be,—places where He could-record His name and where the holy fire could be kept burning for saint and sinner—T. C. H. THE REAL PEBBLE in the Critic’s Shoe Dr. W. B. Riley of Minneapolis says: “The Bible schools of America are rapidly taking places of utmost import- ance. Their growth in numbers and size has been nothing short of phenomenal. In less than forty years, the Bible school of New York, the school at Nyack, the three schools of Philadelphia, the Moody Institute, the Los Angeles Institute and the Northwestern Training School of Minneapolis and a number of others, have come into being and grown to large proportions. Like every true movement of ‘the Holy Ghost they were held up to scorn by intellectual highbrows. Charles”THE KING'S BUSINESS 397 Spurgeon, H. Grattan Guinness, A. J. Gordon and Dwight L. Moody, each in turn contended with mighty pen against a multitude of self-appointed and self-esteem- ing critic’s attacks upon Bible schools—a criticism that has not ceased, but the fallusade has been reduced to an occasional explosion of noxious gases, which, if they be not harmless, are at least impotent to impede Bible School progress.” Just at this present time, we are hearing a ood many of these explo- sions. Some are charging that Bible Institu “by a certain queer doe- trine of the millennium”? are seeking to split the churches by making it appear that their view of the millennium is the test of orthodoxy. One —Baptisteditor-charges—thatDr-Gray, Dr-Riley_Dr Torrey_and_others, perceiving the advertising value of their view of the millennium at this time, are diligently propagating it to divide the churches. The fact. of the matter is that none of these men are engaged in any such propaganda, do not make their view of the millennium the test of orthodoxy, and are far too busy in the preaching and teaching of the fundamental truths of Chris- tianity and the winning of souls, to give themselves to any propaganda to divide the churches. . Nevertheless, it is a fact that churehes are being divided and that we may look for a drawing of lines all over the country. The split will not be over the question of the manner in which the millennium is to come, but it will be between those who repudiate the Bible as the Word of God and want social service-and German Kultur in its place—and those who believe (as Bible Schools are teaching) that the Bible is the very Word of God and that its program is to be followed. One recently said, “‘It will be nothing surprising in a few summers if over the door of one Baptist church we will read, ‘‘Orthodox Baptist Church’’ and over another, ‘‘Unitarian Baptist Chureh:”’—We-have seen this very thing taking place in the Congregational church and the line is sure to ‘be drawn in all denominations as we approach the end of the present age. That Bible Institutes have done something i# bring people back to the Bible, cannot be denied, and there is no greater work to be done in these days of turmoil,. The real question is between vital Christianity and paganism, and it is certain that if the seminaries that are disseminating unbelief do not have a-house-cleaning, the people of means who believe in the Word of God, will cease contributing money to them and increasingly invest in the Bible Insti tutes as the only means of “contending for the faith once delivered,’’ these last days.—K. L. B. ae is THE BIBLE Vindicated Again The Pathfinder published in Washington, asks the question, ‘‘What is ~_ the matter with the Churches? In forty-seven Protestant Churches in the capitol city were found only 15,000 people on Sunday Evening, but in thirty-five theaters on the same evening were found 38,000 people. Why do not people go to Church?’’ The Pathfinder goes on to conelude that the Church is not doing the work in the world for which it was founded. Again it admits that while Christianity is the greatest religion that the world has ever known, Jesus’ teachings are too lofty for humanity to attain unto. In other words the teachings of Jesus are not practical for men living in the flesh. But here the charge of the Pathfinder proves the Word of God to be ~—true. ‘‘For the natiral man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God-398 THE KING'S BUSINESS for they are foolishness unto Him"? The natural man cannot know the things of God, much less practice them. But it is not God's fault or the Bible’s fault. The diffieulty is in man himself. Men will not obey the first requirement of God to ‘‘Repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,”” and give God a chance to put a new life in them, that would enable them to live out (not up to) the teaching of Jesus. Just let the church come back to simple faith in God and faith in Jesns Christ as He is revealed in the Scriptures; and these charges about empty ——pewsawill-notbe-bronghtagainst-the-Church-—bet-the -Chirveh hegin_to-win—— - men to God as did the carly Christians. Let them worship in s did the ehureh of the first centu Then and not till then will the world take notice and say to the Chi ans ‘*You have something we have not. We want it.’’"—W. H. P. A REMARKABLE Court Proceedure In a recent edition of The Los Angeles Herald, the follow appeared : As his last official act before retiring from the bench, Superior Judge H. T. Dewhirst of San Bernardino read to persons in his court what he described as a “pronunciamiento,” consisting of quotations from the prophecies contained in the Bible. ~ “Judge Dewhirst declared that this last reading from his bench was “the saddest duty of my career.” He said the document he had prepared contained “fragments of the prophecies,” and that it was “not a creed, nor criticism, nor a protest—but_ prophecy.” ‘The judge explained that the significance of his ‘‘pronunciamiento” was “pretty deep, very deep, in fact, and I would rather it would speak for itself with- out comment from me.” e In 12 sections the document quoted many, passages of the Bible predicting wars, famine, earthquakes and the fall of nations. This is a remarkable incident and suggests that there is a avidespread and growing. interest in prophetic truth all over the so-called Christian world. Men are turning to the Bible for the answer to the question, What ——_next'?We-couwld-heartily wish that there were a multitude of teachers in the pulpit and among the laity competent to give to the hungry-hearted people an exposition of the sure word of propheey. God has x simple plan ___of the ages that His people are entitled to know.—T- , ee & Bb 2 item RAFFLING Off Souls The following notice is said to have been tacked up in a Catholie Church in Mexico: Raffle For Souls At the last raffle for sowls the following numbers obtained the prizes, and the lueky holders may be assured that their loved ones are forever released from the flames of purgatory and ushered into heavenly joys. ‘Ticket 41. The soul of Madame Calderon is made happy forever. Ticket 762. The soul of the aged widow, Francesea de Parsons, is forever released from the flames of purgatory. Another raffle for souls will be held at this same blessed church of the Redeemer on January 1, at which four bleeding and tortured souls will be released from purgatory to heaven according to the four highest tickets in this most holyTHE KING'S BUSINESS 399 lottery. Tickets $i, to be had of the father in charge. Will you for the poor sum of,$1 leave your loved ones to burn in purgatory for ages? ‘We do not see such notices in this country, but the reason is clear. We have an open Bible so that he that runs may read.—T. C. H. oe ; ae “S and H”, A Padlock to the Scriptures It is impossible to ‘‘contend for the faith once delivered’? without - —Grebu king’? {Pitus HH those who-seck to pervert the -(ospel-trath-and— — without ‘‘warning’’ (Rom. 16:17)_those who are being blindly led away. Hundreds of intelligent people are in these days chasing after a teaching which according to Jesus Christ is not ‘Christian’? and which according to the highest scientific authorities is far from heing ‘‘science.”” The popularity of ‘‘Eddyism” as a system of religion has its cause, beyond question, in the fact that it offers to make the way to heaven broad, smooth, and exceedingly easy on the flesh. It requires no confession of sin, which is the first fundamental of Christianity (Rom, 3:23) and it professes to give personal victory without any conquest, for by merely thinking so, it turns sins into virtues and transgressions of all the laws of nature into immunity from retributive justice. It has no need of the redemptive work that cost infinite suffering to Jesus Christ and no need of the purifying work of the Holy Spirit in the life. The mission of suffering, without which there never would have been a real religion—suffering, which as one has said, ‘is the pruning of the orchard of the heart’’—is denied and its lessons therefore wholly lost.. The consistent Christian Scientist cannot be “his brother’s keeper’ “and-cannot-logically extend the hand of merey to those who are troubled and ill, for to do so would be a-recognition of the realities they seek to deny. No system either of ethies or religion practices so little charity as the followers of Mrs. Eddy. hat it leads to as a system of science is suggested by the drawing entitled ‘‘Nobody Home”’ appearing in this issue. ‘A Los Angeles physician who publishes a pamphlet entitled ‘A Study of the REAL Christian Science’’ says: “The utter disregard of Christian Scientists for hygienic and sanitary meas- ~~ ures in matter of health—an attitude which simply amounts to a defiance of natural and evolutionary laws—would, if carried out to its logical consequence, bring_back the sanitation of our hospitals and public institutions to_a level corre-_. sponding to conditions that prevailed at the time when the deadly contagion of the black pest, bwbonic plague, cholera morbus, smallpox, ete., swept over the hygienically defenseless commonwealths of the old world. And yet in the face ‘of the most common and irrefutable facts as to the immanence to health of general sanitation, the Christian Scientist on the basis of an utterly unsubstantial “text book" continues to make claims that matter is unreal and physical condiions power- Jess to affect, in one way or other, the state of individual health. Paradoxical as it may appear, yet it is evident, that it is the very failure of Christian Science to practice its principles which makes its seeming success a possibility.” Christian Science is neither religious religion nor sensible seienee— KB. CHRIST FIRST For months the world has been full of talk about the dawning of the millennium. While the war was in progress, it was the war that was said ~400 THE KING'S BUSINESS to be the prelude to the millennium and it was expected in many quarters that when the last gun was fired. the world’s problems would be solved. Now that Kaiserism is no more, and Bolshevism and anarchy have taken its place, it is the Pence league and ‘‘reconstruction” that is the prelude to the millennium. While politicians are explaining exactly how this new age of brotherliness is to be dragged in, preachers and cliurch members by the thousands are following meekly in the wake of the world’s procession, utterly ignoring God’s plan as revealed in His Word. Thinking that the new_age is to be set up by the Peace Powers instead of the Peace Prince, and by culture instead: of Christ, they have abandoned God’s defined purpose for this age, which is the completion of the Body of Christ (Acts 15:14) and are pouring out their means and energies in everything but the one divine plan by which that Day may be hastened. Is it not strange that even history and experience cannot teach men who have Bibles in their hands, that not until Christ returns to take into His nailpierced hands the reins of power, can the days of mourning be ended and earth’s new Day dawn? (Jas. 5:7, 8). God demands that FIRST THINGS MUST BE PUT FIRST. Tis order is that-day will not dawn until the sun rises. It is not the dawn of day that causes the sun to rise, but it is the rising of the sun that causes the dawn. Christ is “the Sun of Righteousness"’ (Mal. 4:2) and not until He comes in the clouds of heaven, will that new Day dawn. But again, FIRST THINGS MUST BE FIRST, and the sun will not rise until God’s elect have been brought in—and that is the work that confronts the ehurch in this very hour. Says the editor of “The Life of Faith” (London): “While the war is over, ‘we-seem~farther-away-from the millennium than ever. Instead of the larger sympathy and kindlier feelings, and the deeper earnestness predicted as the “ outcome of the fiery trials of the last four years; instead of the beautifulgharmony between all classes as the result of a common sacrifice and sorrow, we have plunged into a state of industrial anarchy and social unrest such as the country has never known. The agreement of today is torn into shreds tomorrow; suspicion and distrust prevail everywhere, and he would be either a very wise or a very daring man who would venture to say where all this restlessness will end. And what is the condition of the churches? Are they ready to lead the nation into quieter and soberer paths, or are they, too, affected with the same spirit? The voice of the church will only be heard as it speaks in the accents of its Lord and with the note of authority that comes only from Him. No leagués or alliances, . or combinations of forces will ever get to the seat of the trouble, for it goes deeper down than can be reached by human instruments. Even now God_is asking us to lift our hearts, for our redemption draweth nigh. By signs and wonders in the earth, by the fulfillment of prophecy, He is turning our eyes and our hearts to the coming again of His dear Son in whom is our hope, and He is asking His chureh to proclaim His appearing, not only as an encouragement for these dark days, but also as an incentive to holy living and definite service."”—K. L, B, FORM OF BEQUEST To Bible Institute-of Los Angeles I give and begucath to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, incorporated under the laws of the State of California 2 dollars, and I direct that the release of the President of the Board of Directors of said Bible Institute of Los Angeles shall be sufficient discharge to my executors in the premises.Church of The Living God AST thou heard the | yoice which spoke from heaven, ‘‘Surely I come quiekly?”’ And_ hast thou responded to it gladly, “Even so, come,: Lord Jesus?’ Does His absence lay heavily upon thy spirit? Does the promise of His re- turn cheer thee? And is the thought of His speedy com- ing a most weleome hope in these, days, when men’s hearts are failing them for fear? Then how is the pros- pect operating! Is it full of quickening, animating, stim- ulating power? Is it kindling up your love into greater warmth? Is it increasing the intensity of your earnest- ness? Is it making the sep- aration between you and the world a more decided thing? Is it imparting a deeper solemnity to your deport- ment, and attaching an un- utterable importance to ey- ery word and-action? Is it- rebuking idleness, and sloth, and vanity, and frivolity, and levity, and selfishness? Has it uprooted and de- stroyed in you covetousness and worldliness, those two master-sins of this_evil age? And has it made you liberal and generous, enlarging your heart to give,—to give with no sparing hand so long as time remaineth?—H, Bonar. THE KING'S BUSINESS ~ TT 401 THE DELIVERANCES AT MONS The editor of the “Life of Faith,” (London) received the following com- munication: “Sir:—The retreat from Mons was an incident of the war at its commence- ment; at Mons the war terminated. The first phase was a calamity, the last a triumph. —___ _ We heard of the reported intercep- tion of Divine agencies in the peril of the first battle of Mons: and the wit- nesses were not a few to the vision of angels holding back the oncoming Ger- mans. But the reports lacked definite- ness. It was almost impossible to ob- tain first-hand testimony. There was a general acceptance of miraculous interference; but’ anything further seemed hard to obtain, It is for this reason that I now write to say that a few days ago a soldier named Fitzgib- bon, who came to me in a time of ent f related his experience of the incident He said that in the Mons onslaught o the Germans his unit would have been “wiped out” but for the strange hap- - penings at the moment. Hegwas con- scious of a bright light above him, and movement in the atmosphere, the Ger- mans being distinctly held back and prevented’ from moving further for- ward. He stated further that a ehap- lain near him (a clergyman from Kent) was gazing intently /at the vision, — amazed at the proceedings, and was struck on the arm by .shrapnel while — looking up. The man’s testimony was unhesitat- ingly given, and, as he was plainly a Christian man, I felt his word cannot ‘be doubted. ‘The coincidence of this place, Mons, being the locality of the Divine deliver- ance, and the scene of the final phase of the fighting on the part of the Brit- ish, seems to confirm our conclusion that God did, indeed, “fight for us" in a very wonderful manner. To Him, therefore, be all the glory.”—James Holroyde. ~~ ——The League of Nations A Study of Federations of Bible times, and the Light of Scripture on the Question of the Permanency of an3) Movement for World Democracy By DR. A. C. DIXON, of London The trend of modern times is toward federation. Labour has federated into “Unions” and capital into “Corpora tions," “Trusts” and “Syndicates.” There are federations of farmers, me- chanics, and housemaids. Even the beggars of New York, it was found a few years ago, had a federation. The Churehes have been caught in this uni= versal trend, and it is the ambition of some to form+a fellowship of all Churches regardless of creed. But the federation which just now occupies the largest place in the world’s thought is an international federation to be known-as.‘‘The League of Nations.” The devout Bible student turns to the Book which to him is the highest authority, and finds several national leagues which present-day statesmen will find it profitahle to study. In Joshua 9:6-16 is a league secured by lying diplomacy. The Gibeonites de- ceived Joshua by representing, and act- ing it out, that they came -from a far country. Joshua was deceived because he-trusted his-own judgment and did not ask the guidance of God. If he had spent fifteen minutes in prayer, God would have saved him from his blunder. This suggests to us the great need of men at the head of national affairs who persistently take God into their coun- sels and seek guidance from Him, Happy the nation whose rulers, states- men, generals and admirals are men of prayer. The league which David made with the Elders of Israel gives us a govern- ment with a democratic basis, David -does not proclaim himself king until who son joins Bible Institute Faculty) he has secured the consent of the repre- sentatives of the people. “So all the elders of Israel came to Hebron and King David-made a league with them before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.” (2 Tim. 5:3). ‘The signing of this league was a very religious act. It was done “before the Lord,” a holy covenant between David and the elders of Israel. He accepted the crown that was offered him by the people and reigned forty years over this kingdom democracy. On the other hand, the league be- tween Solomon and Hiram was auto- cratic. It-was a compact only between two kings. The people had nothing to do with it. ‘They simply rendered otfedi- ence and paid the taxes. ‘There was peace between Hiram and Solomon and they two made a feague together” (1 Kings, v. 12). Such was the “Holy Alli- ance” of 1815, in which, after the Napoleonic wars, Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederick William III. of Prussia pledged them- selves to govern their peoples according to the principles of the Bible and the “will of our Divine Saviour.”. This league was evidently suggested by a woman, Baroness von Krudner, to Alex- ander of Russia, who prevailed upon Francis of Austria and Frederick Wil- liam of Prussia to sign.it. ‘They did so reluctantly, Frederick William, as he wrote his name, saying, “if it is a ques- tion of polities, I must refer it to my Chancellor; if of religion, to my Con- fessor.” Alexander, the Tzar of Russia, was willing that this “Holy Alliance” should be interpreted as giving to theTHE KING'S BUSINESS people constitutional government, but the others did not agree. Every ruler on earth, except the Pope and the Sul- tan of Turkey, was invited to join this “Holy Alliance,” and every one did join it except the Prince Regent of England, who expressed himself by letter as in perfect sympathy with its principles, but-declared-that,-not he, but the Prime Minister, should sign it. It seems that the Prime Minister declined to do so, and very properly, because he repre= sented the people, and the “Holy Alli- ance” was not a league of peoples, but of sovereigns. This “Holy Alliance” is believed to have served a very useful purpose, but it began to be regarded by some as a conspiracy against popular liberties and the rising wave of democracy did much toward sweeping it away. It may have done something toward preventing wars, but its influence in Europe was thoroughly overcome by the growth of the military spirit, which finally under Bismarck _ consolidated _the German Empire and began to prepare for world conquest. And yet some students of history think they can trace a very intimate connection between the “Holy Alliance” and the calling of the first international’ peace conference at the. Hague in 1899. Now it is very evident that President Wilson, Earl Grey, and Gthers inter- ested in forming a League of Nations are agreed that it shall be organized on a democratic basis after the pattern of David and the elders of Israel rather than of Solomon and Hiram. It is not to be a League of Kings, Emperors or Presidents, but of peoples. This, we believe, means for it more permanence and usefulness than the “Holy Alli- ance.’ Yet there is a strong consensus of opinion among many Bible students that the feet and toes of Daniel's image, made of the incongruous elements of clay and iron, represent democracy. This seems to be taken for granted with- out a particle of Biblical proof, so far 403 as I have seen, because modern tenden- cies are democratic and these feet and toes must refer to modern times; there- fore, the iron and clay must mean democracy. But we demur. May not the kingdom be divided into autocracies rather than democracies? The ten toes seem to mean ten kingdoms and the incongruous. elements-in-them-may—be the autocratic more than the democra- tie tendencies, Or may not the strength of the iron represent democ- racy, while the weakness of the miry clay represents autocracy? Certainly the democracies of today are the strong iron-like governments, while the autoc- racies are crumbling like clay. Is it not true that a democracy with an intel- ligent, righteous people has in it more elements of enduring strength than any kind of autocracy?? Nevertheless, a League of Nations with a democratic basis has its perils. If nations elect to join it, they may, of course, elect to leave it. And it is possible that a League of Nations may cause war rather than prevent it. The United States is a League of Nations with a Supreme Court before which cases between States are tried as are eases between individuals in athér courts. And yet this League of Nations with. its international tribunal did not escape war. Indeed, the fact of the League did much to precipitate the:war and then to continue it. The Southern States declared that they were-not fight= ing so much for the perpetuation of slavery, which they would have gladly been rid of, as for what they called “States’ Rights,” that is, the right of each State to leave the League or Union when it saw fit to do so; and Abraham Lincoln insisted that the Northern States were fighting more for the preser- vation of the Union of States than for the abolition. of slavery, much as he hated the institution. If there had been no’ League of Nations and each State had been permitted to pursue its "own course, there might have been nosecede fromthe Union. 404 war, though the result would have been many little independent nations in dan- ger of going to war with each other at any time. The victory of Abraliam Lin- coln through the Northern armies was not only the death of slavery but the death also. of ‘States’ Rights’ in the sense that any’ State has the right to “The- Union, one and inseparable for ever” is now the political creed of every State in America. If the League of Nations is organized on the principle that no nation will have the right under any circumstances to withdraw from it, it will, of course, be permanent. But if any nation, displeased with its actions, shall have the privilege -of withdraw- ing, the League of Nations will be a rope of sand, and may promote war rather than prevent-it. If a League of Nations is to be per- manent and useful, it must take God into its counsels, seek His guidance and recognize His authority. That author- ity is expressed in the Bible, and the Bible, therefore, ought to be recognized The great central personality of the Bible is revealed as King of kings, and all rulers should acknowledge Him as their Ruler.. If such an ideal League of Nations could be formed, with the Word of God for its authority and the Son of God as its acknowledged head, it would be a good preparation for the setting—up-of-the-Millennium Kingdom when Christ shall return for His peo- ple; but if, as I fear will be the case, a League of Nations is to be organized which ignores the Bible and Christ, it will be left on earth when the Church is caught away and ‘may beeome the nucleus of the Kingdom of Anti-Christ with “the Man of Sin” at its head, to be destroyed with his armies by the rider of the white horse (Rev.:19:11) at the battle of Armageddon. Then will be fulfilled the prophecy of the second Psalm: “The kings of the earth set ~ themselves and the rulers take counsel THE KING'S BUSINESS together against the Lord, and against His anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. .., Thou shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel." And is not this the time for —all_the-rulersof earth to hear and heed” the words: “Now, therefore, be wise, © ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth, Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye perish in the way, for His wrath will soon be kindled.” And let all the world hear the words: “Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.” If this League of Nations is to have a democratic basis and make democracy safe in the world, the people who sup- port it must be righteous and intelli- gent. With a righteous and intelligent people a democracy is the ideal govern- ment, whether it be kingdom or repub- lie; but with unrighteous and ignorant people a democracy is the worst govern- ment on earth and is a menace to everf= thing that is good. “If, therefore, this wold is to be made safe for democracy, there must be some way of making the people righteous and intelligent. A failure to do that will be the failure of democracy, But let there be no illusion, for the League of Nations will not bring the Millennium. “From whence come wars and fighting among you?’ asks the Apostle James. ‘Come they not hence even of your lusts that war in your members?” It is the lust for power, wealth and fame that cause wars, and a League of Nations which simply organizes the lusts of men and women will net remove the causes of. war. The mission of the Church of Christ is to remove the cause of war by displacing the lust for power, wealth and fame~by the -holy—desire-to—min-THE KING'S BUSINESS ister to others rather than compel others to minister to us. Self is at heart of all wars. Men and nations desire to promote their own interests at the expense of others. Now what is the security for all this? Paul was a truly Christian statesman when he wrote to the Corinthians, “I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified." “Christ and Him crucified” is the remedy for the lusts which-make war. When “Christ and Him crucified” enters the soul, the spirit that would die for others takes the place of the spirit that would kill others. Self begins to be crucified. When the spirit of the cross thoroughly possesses us, the lust for power, wealth and fame for their own sakes gives place to a burn- ing desire to help the weak, minister to the poor, uplift the fallen, cleanse the polluted, save the sinful, and re- store the wrecked. There is in war a heroism of courage and sacrifice “which all noble natures must admire, and the cross. of Christ impels Christians to such courage and sacrifice along the line of saving life and ennobling character rather than taking life and brutalising character. No warrior was ever braver and more seli- sacrificing than David Brainard in his his work among the American Indians, David Livingston in Africa, and hun- dreds of missionaries, who. have en- dured——hardships—and_—sufferings for. Christ’s sake, that they might save the people from the degradations of sin. Calvary displaces war for the purpose of killing our fellow men with war upon, the evils that destroy them. If it be true, as some contend, that man is a fighting animal and must therefore be in some sort of war, let him go to Cal- vary and there drink in the spirit that imparts courage and love to make war upon the evils at home and abroad which destroy the people in soul and body, If a Leagiie of Nations is to be per= 405 manent and useful, it must not work into its organism any institution that will make for its destruction, The great Civil War in America camé because there was in its League of Nations the institution of slavery, which outraged the consciences of good mew and women. And there is danger that the world League of Nations.may_have,as @ part of its organism, another institu- tion which today outrages the con- sciences of millions; and that is the Drink Traffic. Its doom is already written, The enlightened conscience of the world is against it. The good men and women who tolerate it now do so on the ground, not that it is a good institution, but they fear that its sud- den destruction may do more harm than good, and they are willing to patiently await a slower process. Now if there is a nation on earth today that thinks the Drink Traffic is a good institution and ought to be preserved, and intends to stand for its preservation, that nation will come into the League, of Nations a foree which will make for its dissolution. An institution whiqt, like the Drink Traffic, controls governments, and owns Prime Ministers, and embar- rasses nations by” consuming its food- stuffs and appropriating its transport service during war, niay have the power to-make war in-defense of its existence; and I must confess that I would be more hopeful for the permanence and: use- fulness-of- the League~of Nations, if it should organize with democratic eon- stituencies that had banished their worst enemy, the Drink Traffic, from their midst. Contributions of $5 or over to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, entitle givers to a year’s subscription to “The King's Business."" se a ‘Will you pray daily for the work of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles?406 THE KING'S BUSINESS w CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CiTY NOBODY HOME Within these walls (?) dwells no sin, sickness, sorrow, danger, death.” There are no doctors, surgeons, dent ists, hospitals,-fune.al_ directors, asylums for the blind, benevolent institutions, sanitariums, Ne sanitation, sewers, scavengers. There are no lame, halt, poor, thieves, harlots, undesirables, mts, mice, vermin. No practitioners. This is the logical outcome of Eddyism, COFFIN-NAIL APOLOGISTS “Association Men” the Y. M. C. A. magazine, tells of ‘a gentleman promi- nent in religious and social reform cir- cles who has fought cigarettes all his life and hated them like poison for the harm they have done to growing boys” as having read the Christian Endeavor orator, Mr. Poling’s defense of cigarette ‘distribution among the troops. ‘Where=— upon he ordered ten copies of Mr. Poling’s book for distribution among his anti-cigarette friends. “Mr. Poling had justified to his mind the-work- of Christian men in thus handling to- baeco.” oe The Bible Institute of Los Angeles is depending upon the prayers and gifts of those who believe the-Word of God;Scripture Numerics An Unansweeable Proof of the Divine Authority of the Bible. Challenge given to a Skeptic through the Newspaper by Rev. Ivan Panin, Several years ago a correspondent of the New York Sun challenged any- one to bring on conclusive proof of the divine inspiration of the Scriptures. Rev. Ivan Panin, a thorough student of both Hebrew and Greek, made a reply. Later some very prominent rationalists were asked to refute Mr. Panin’s article, and not one was able to do so. We publish’a part of Mr. Panin's argument. The Asher Publishing Co. of St. Paul publish the article, and other similar ones, in tract form. Sir:—In today’s Sun Mr. W. R. L. calls for a “champion of orthodoxy” to “step into the arena of the Sun and give him some “‘facts."’ Here are some facts: 1. The first 17 verses of the New Testament contain the genealogy of the Christ. -It consists of two main part: Verses 1-11 cover the period from Abra- ham, the father of the chosen people, to the Captivity, when they ceased as an independent people. Verses 12-17 cover the period from the Captivity to the promised, Deliverer, the Christ. Let us examine the first part of this genealogy. Its vocabulary has 49 words, or 7X7. ‘This number is itself a multiple of seven (Feature 1), and the sum of its faetors is 2 sevens (Feature 2). Of these 49 words 28, or 4 sevens, begin with a yowel; and 21 or 3 sevens, begin with a consonant (Feature 3); seven end with a vowel, and 42, or 6 sevens, end with a consonant (Feature 4). Again: these 49 words of the vocab- ularyhave—266—letters, or—7X 2X18; ~and-which- no Critic-has-ever-dared-to-answer-——— this number is itself 38 sevens (Feature 5}, and the sum of its factors is 28, or 4 sevens (Feature 6). Of these 266 let- ters, moreover, 140, or 20 sevens, are vowels, and 126, or 18 sevens, are con- sonants (Feature 7). That is to say: Just as the number of words in the vocabulary is a multi- ple of seven, so is the number of its letters a multiple of seven; just as the sum of the factors of the number of the words is a multiple of seven, so is the sum of the factors of the number of their letters a multiple of seven. And just as the number of words is divided between vowel words and consonant words by sevens, so is their nutpber of letters divided between vowels and con- sonants by sevens. Again: Of these 49 words 35, or 5 sevens, occur more than once i Passage; and 14, or 2 sevens, occur but once (Feature 8); seven, occur in more _ than one form, and 42, or 6 sevens, occur in only one form (Feature 9). And-among. the parts. of speech—the 49 words are thus divided: 42, or 6 sev- ens, are nouns, seven are not nouns (Feature 10). Of the nouns 35, or 5 sevens, are proper names, seven are common nouns (Feature 11). Of the proper names 28 are male ancestors of the Christ, and seven are not (Feature 12). — This enumeration of the numeric phenomena of these 11 verses does not begin to be exhaustive, but enough has been shown to make it clear that this part of the genealogy is constructed on an elaborate design of sevens:-————408 Let us now turn to the genealogy as a whole. I will point out only one fea- ture: The New Testament is written in Greek. ‘The Greeks had no separate symbols for expressing numbers, cor- responding to our Arabie figures, but used instead the letters of their alpha- bet: just as the Hebrews, in “whose ———tongue—the—OldTestament is written, enumeration. made use for the same purpose of theirs. Accordingly, the 24 Greek letters stand for the following numbers: 1 2345 67 8 910 20 30 40 50 GO 70 80 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800. Every Greek word is thus a sum in arithmetic ob- tained by adding the numbers for which its letters stand, or their numeric values, Now the vocabulary to the entire genealogy has 72 words. If we write its numeric value over each of these 72 words and add them, we get for their sum 42,364, or 6,052 sevens, But the numeric value of the i0 letters used for making these groups is 921, or 7X%7X19, a multiple not only of seven but_of seven’ sevens. And the same is true of the 90 forms in which these 72 words occur: their 90 numeric values sum up 54,075, or 7,725 sevens, and this number is distributed into just seven alphabetical groups of sevens. 2. The second part of this chapter, verses 18-25, relates the birth of the , Christ,—It-consists of 161 words, or 23 sevens; occurring in 105 forms, or 15 sevens, with a vocabulary of 77 words, or 11-sevens: Joseph is spoken to here. by the angel. Accordingly, of the 77 words the angel uses 28, or 4 sevens; of the 105 forms he uses 35, or 5 sevens; the numeric value of the vocabulary is 52,605, or 7,515 sevens; of the forms, 65,429, or 9,347 sevens. _This enumeration only begins as it were to barely scratch the surface of the numerics of this passage. But what is specially noteworthy here is: the fact that the angel's speech has also a scheme of seyens makes it a kind of ring within a ring, a wheel within a ~ wheel. THE KING'S BUSINESS 3. The second chapter of Matthew tells of the childhood of the Christ. Its vocabulary has 161 words, or 23 sevens, with 896 letters, or 123 sevens, and 238 forms, or 34 sevens; the numeric value of the vocabulary is 123,529, or 17,647 sevens; of the forms, 166,985, or 23,855 sevens; and so on through pages of This chapter has at least four logical divisions and each division shows alone the same phenomena found in the-chapter as a whole. Thus the first six verses have a vocabulary of words, or 8 sevens, etc, There are some speeches here: Herod speaks, the Magi speak, the angel speaks. But so pro- nounced are the numeric phenomena here, that though there are as it were numerous rings within rings, and wheels within wheels, each is perfect in itself, though forming all the while only part of the rest. 4. There is not a single paragraph of the hundreds in Matthew that is not constructed on exactly the same plan. Only with each additional paragraph the difficulty of constructing it increases not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. For he contrives to write™ his paragraphs so as to develop con- stantly fixed numeric relations to what goes before and after. Thus in his last chapter he contrives to use just 7 words not used by him before. How long it took Matthew the writer does not know. But how he contrived to do it. between the Crucifixion, A...D. 30 (and his Gospel could not have been written earlier), and the destruction of Jerusalem, A. D. 70 (and the Gospel could not have been written later), let the erities explain, Anyhow Matthew did it, and we thus have a mirace,—an unheard of literary, “mathematical artist, unequalled, hardly even conceivable. A second fact is yet more important; In his very first section, the genealogy discussed above, the words found no- where else in the New Testament, occur —42_times, 76;and—have 126 letters,THE KING'S BUSINESS 7X63, each number a multiple not only of sevens, but of 6 sevens, to name only two of the many numeric features of these words. , But how did Matthew know, when designing this scheme for these words (whose sole characteristic is that they are found nowhere else in the New Testament) that they would ——-not be found—in—the other 26bookes > that they would not be used by the other 7 New Testament writers? Unless we assume the impossible hypothesis that he had an agreement with them to that effect, he must have had the rest of the New Testament before him when he wrote his book. The Gospel of Mat- thew, then, was written last. 5. It so happens, however, that the Gospel of Mark shows the very same Phenomena. ‘hus the very passage called so triumphantly ih today’s Sun a “forgery,” the Last Twelve Verses of Mark, presents among some sixty fea- tures of sevens the: following phenom- ena: It has 175 words, or 25 sevens; a vocabulary of 98 words, or 2 sevens of sevens, with 653 letters, or 79 sevens; 133 forms, or 19 sevens, and so on to the minutest detail. Mark, then, is another miracle, an- other unparallelled mathematical liter- ary genius. And in the same way in which it was shown that Matthew wrote last it is also shown that Mark too wrote last. 6. It happens, however, to be a fourth fact that Luke presents the same phenomena as Matthew and Mark, and so does John, and James, and Peter, and Jude, and Paul. And we have thus no longer two great unheard of mathe- matical literati, but eight of them, and each wrote after the other. 7, And not only this. As Luke and Peter wroté each two books, John five, and Paul 14, it.can in the same way be shown that each of the seven and twenty New Testament books was writ- ten last. In fact, not a page of the ~over 500 in Westcott & Hort’s “Greek 409 edition (which the writer has used throughout) but it ean be demonstrated thus to have been written last, ‘The phenomena are there, and there is no human way of explaining them. Eight men cannot each write last, 27 books, some 600 pages cannot each be written last. But once assume that One Mind-directed_the whole;-and—the—— problem is solved simply enough; but this is Verbal Inspiration—of every jot and tittle of the New ‘Testament. There remains only to be added that by precisely the same kind of evidence the Hebrew Old Testament is proved to be equally inspired. Thus the very first verse of Genesis has seven words, 28 letters, or 4 sevens; its very first syllable has a numeric value of 203, or 29 sevens, to name only three out of the dozens of numerie features of this one verse of only seven words.—N. Y. Sun, Nov. 21, 1899. To this letter several replies appeared in the Sun, but not a single answer. For in only three ways can it be-re- tuted: a, By showing that the facts are not as here given. b. By showing that it is possible for eight men to write each aftér the other seven; for 27 books, for some 500 pages to be each in its turn written last. ¢. By showing that even if the facts be true, the arithmetic faultless, and the collocation of the numerics honest, it does not follow that mere men could not have written thus without Inspira- tion from above. Accordingly, as many as nine noted rationalists (of whom Drs. Lyman Abbot and Charles W. Eliot are still living) were respectfully but publicly invited to refute the writer. One was not “interested” in the writer's “arith- metical” doings; two “regretted” that they ‘‘had no time” to give heed thereto. Another ‘“‘did not mean to be unkind,” but, The rest were silent. For the spe- cial benefit of these the writer printed the original data with numerous details.410 enabling them in the easiest manner to verify every statement made by him, if they wished, And to the best of his ability he has for years seen to it that no scholar whom surely these things specially concern remain in ignorance of the facts here recounted, and of hun- dreds of like cogency, ~A-notable-exception-to- the-above is a lawyer of standing, whose books on Law are deemed as of authority. He had intelligence enough and candor withal to confess that the case for the Bible as made out by the writer is im- pregnable, that the Bible is thus proved to be an “absolutely unique book." This much the case itself extorts from the but too well equipped writer on—Bvi- dence; and accordingly he henceforth reads the writer's Numerics with in- tense appreciation. .And then, fresh from this confession, he betakes him- ‘self once more to the circulation of his anti-Christian books in the writing of which he joys to spend his leisure hours. x s A REAL “MODERN” PRAYER Rabbi Browne of New York was invited some time ago, in the absence of the regular Senate chaplain, to offer prayer... This isthe result as printed in the ‘Congressional Record’: “Our Father Who art in heaven, on earth and—all~over the universe; hal- lowed. be Thy name. Thy Kingdom has come with the dawn of ereation and being established upon principles eter- nal and universal, its laws. enforce themselves alike in all climes and in all ages, wherefore Thy will must be done among the celestial in heaven even as it is amongst Thy mortal sons on earth. Thou hast endowed nature with productive energies subservient to man’s will whereby Thou givest us this day our daily bread while by imparting to us Thy Divine Spirit Thou enablest us to enact laws for the guidance ot THE KING'S BUSINESS society so that human passions lead us not into temptation but Divine grace delivers us from all evil.” a TESTING NEW MOVEMENTS New movements and currents are sweeping the world at-this time, botir in the church and out of it, most of which have some ostensibily good object * as their goal. Have you observed how quickly the men and women of your church’ who are least spiritual take a stand in favor of these things? Let the clerk or pastor bring the matter before meeting for discussion and see in a moment how enthusiastic certain peo- ple are who never, or seldom, have a testimony for God; and the spiritual ones slowly follow, or silently acquiesce or are non-committal. The spiritual ones dislike to oppose a thing ostensibly intended for good, but they do not get enthusiastic about it. It is one of the Spirit's signs to His discerning people. It is easy for Satan to substitute his program of works and good deeds, ande’ keep these Christians very busy wi things, which, while good in them- selves, are either not tht kind of work God has appointed the ehureh, or the work He is not at the time leading to. No matter how good the work, if the enemy succeeds in getting the Christian to fall in with popular righteousness, * he has gained his end—he las gotten the Christian away from the leading of the Holy Ghost, and will destroy him in his season.—Friends Minister. aS KEEPING GOD WAITING A mother was about to hear her little girl’s prayers when a neighbor called. They talked at the front door several minutes. The little girl at the stair- way called out “Mamma, aren’t you ashaméd-to-keep God waiting so long?”BIBLE INSTITUTE HAPPENINGS Particularly of Interest to Friends and Students eax The "Life of Faith” (London) speak- ing of the aeceptance by Dr. A. C. Dixon of a position with the-Bible-Institute-of- Los Angeles, say: “After a ministry of nearly eight years, Dr. Dixon has resigned the pastorate of the Metro- politan Tabernacle, a church rendered famous by the long and wonderfully successful ministry of Charles Spur- geon. The announcement of his resig- nation came as a great surprise. Dr. Dixon came to London from the Moody church in Chicago, The invitation which he has accepted is from Dr. R. A. Torrey, the distinguished Bible teacher and evangelist. For forty-five years (he is now sixty-five) Dr. Dixon has been in the pastorate, and he feels that he ought now to, be relieved of the strain_of pastoral work-and-devote the years which remain to lim to a wider evangelistic ministry. For such a sphere he possesses many qualifications, and his wide experience in a soul win- ning ministry will be of valuable assist- ance to him’ in his work at the Bible Institute of Les Angeles.” Dr. Dixon has ehanged his first plans, and will remain in England until July to engage in a final evangelistic effort. He expects to be in America in time for the Montrose Bible Conference in Au- gust and from thence will come to Los Angeles. s he An English exchange commenting on the.evangelistic_campaign which has just been held in the Bible Institute auditorium by Dr. Torrey and Charles ‘M. Alexander and party, says: “Just sixteen years ago Torrey and Alex- ander, fresh from a wonderful season of blessing in Australia, came to Eng- land, and for about three years con= ducted a series of missions throughout the British Isles. Their meetings at- tracted-vast-erowds-in-our-largest-cities; and wherever they went, many were brought to the Lord. Mr. Alexander hopes to come to England within a short time, and if he does, he will lead the singing at the first conference of the Pocket Testament League, to be held at Swanwick in the early days of June. ee The new Bible Institute pipe organ was initiated on the evening of March 11, when an audience of 3500 listened to the great French organist, Joseph Bonnet, known as the ‘dean of the organists of. France. May the Lord bless a dear lady who has just sent to The King's Business a check for $100 to be used in sendipg - the magazine to worthy Christian workers who desire to receive it, but who do not feel financlally able to sub- scribe for themselves. This friend has for many months bought copies of the magazine for distribution and having found that souls are saved and saints inspired by its pages, she now sets aside $100 to help spread the message of The King's Business. Other gifts of this kind will always be welcome as the postal laws do not permit us te send out free copies, and there are many missionaries and workers who might be encouraged. We will be glad also for the _names_of worthy missionaries or ministers from which we may draw from time to time. Following the Torrey-Alexander evangelistic meetings in the Institute, a week’s Bible conference was held, when many who were newly converted became strengthened in the faith and412 hundreds of tourists profited. Among the speakers were Dr. Torrey, Dr. At- kinson, Dr. H. W. Pope of Moody Insti- tude; Dr. H. Dowling, Mel Trotter of Grand Rapid: Dr. 0. P. Gifford of Boston; Dr. James B. Ely of Philadel- phia; Dr. W. E. Edmonds of Los An- geles; Rev. John H. Hunter, Rev. W. H —Pike;-RevT-€- Horton; Dr, French E: Oliver of Pasadena, and several others. J. D. Page, a former student who is preaching the Gospel in the Oil fields of California, writes that the Lord is greatly blessing his ministry in teach- ing the Bible from house to house. Forty-five had definitely accepted Christ in a period of about three months. He closes, “I thank God every day for the instruction I received at the B. I."" A card received from Wm. Kasahara, a former Japanese student of the Insti- tute, shows that he is on his way back to Japan to preach the Gospel. A fine boy recently arrived at the home of Mr: and Mrs. James A. Vaus. Mr. and Mrs. Vaus have charge of the Jewish evangelistic department, If any of our readers possess copies of either July, August or October num- bers of this magazine that they would part with for the sake of Christian workers who have urgently requested them, we will be able to supply the needs and help spread the blessing. Place a two cent stamp on each maga- zine-and mailto The Kings Business. At a recent conference on Vital Chris- tianity after the War, held at Moody Institute, an important development was the projection of a plan for cooper- ation of Bible Institutes. It was sug- gested that the Institutes raise the standard of training to a point allow- ing full training for candidates for the ministry. Dr. Gray appointed a commit- tee to report at the World Bible Con- ference in Philadelphia, April 27 to June 1, on the educational standard to be adopted, the degree to be conferred and the interchange of-credits for stu= “with hungry souls. THE KING'S BUSINESS dents passing from one institute to another, If any of our readers would be in a position to put up an attractive card advertising the King’s Business maga- zine, where it would invite the atten- tion of those who ought to be getting its spiritual message, we will be glad to forward oné on request. A new boy who is to go by the name of “Alfred John, Jr.,"" has come to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Coffey. Mr. Coffey is mailing clerk in the Biola Book Room. The twelfth anniversary of the Bible Institute was celebrated Sunday, March 9, by a great mass meeting in the Institute auditorium at which Dr. Lin. coln’ A. Ferris spoke. Dr. Ferris is pastor of the First Methodist Church of San Diego. He delivered by request of many his sermon printed some time ago in The King’s Business and entitled “The Jesus Paul Preached.” Stereop- ticon pictures of the Institute were shown as Dr. Horton gave briefly some of the interesting things abgnt the work. & BREAD TO BE SHARED It is related of Ian Maclaren that he was wont, when he had opportunity, to visit out-of-the-way chapels and mis- sions and listen” to the gospel there — preached. He declared that the most impressive conclusion he ever heard to a sermon was in a little country church. The preacher was an unordained man, a farmer. After a fervent presentation of the gospel, in closing he said: “My friends, how is it that I go on preaching to you week after week? It is just this:—Because I can’t eat my bread alone.” The gospel is an unselfish faith, therefore those who have accepted it must go even to the uttermost parts of the earth to share the Bread of Life