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teach about Jesus because they were study ing the Old Testament, and Jçsus wasn’t in the Old Testament; when a third little girl, better instructed or with better vision at least, said, “Why yes, Jesus is in the Old Testament.” And sq we feel that we cannot over estimate the great importance of this work among the children, and for it we ask your prayers. These little girls will soon be young women, having homes of their own and each one a center of influence. Every prejudice removed, every vision of truth gained, every Unfolding of God’s plan, is “preparing the Way of the Lord” in some heart; yes, “making straight in the desert a highway for our God.” reached and won through the medium of the dispensational teaching, using our Jami son chart. He was brought to see that God’s Word was a Book, with but one Au thor—the Holy Spirit. He was saved from drifting into infidelity, and through h}s de cision his .brother-in-law was also led to accept Christ. . Our converts last week were between the ages of 22 and 35, and were clear, definite and positive. One of the men had become skeptical in his belief, but we cast every thing overboard but God’s Word, and the Holy Spirit drove it home. We stayed with two of the men until after 11 o’clock that night, urging God’s claims upon them, and at last they yielded. There is nothing ,to stand upon but God’s Word, and we usually have to stand alone as we begin the meetings, but near the close we feel we have the confidence of the hearers. A call has come from the Kern River fields for our help in meetings, and we are returning there. Pray for a rich blessing upon the faithful saints in the Oil Fields. God bless them.
ful of' that name today.” To a certain, ex tent, we respect their wishes, and while not denying “The Name,” we speak of “The Messiah,” “Our Lord,” “The Son of God.” A little girl told one of the teachers one day that some children she knew wouldn’t come to the class because they taught the children about Jesus. Without really reply ing to the objection, the teacher said, “O, you tell them to come anyway. We are not such bad folks here. We are pretty good people.” jg When the child said earnestly, “Why, we are all sinners.” Another time, a group of girls were talk ing, when the same objection was made that the children were taught about Jesus in the class, and this was given as a reason for not attending. One of the girls said they didn’t "C'FFORTS for the months of April and ^ May have been concentrated on the West Side Oil fields at Coalinga. Our plan of campaign is to first visit the men on the leases and at the homes in the camp, giving out invitations and Gospels' of John and tracts; also, when opportunity affords, a per sonal conversation and a word of testimony. In some places the homes are absolutely closed to all Gospel literature, or any per sonal work whatever,' this class of people being mostly Eddyites or Catholics. Another feature that is hard to meet is that a large number of the men work “tower,” or twelve-hour shifts, going to work at noon or midnight. The man who goes to work at noon cannot get to the services because he is at work, and the man who goes on a midnight says he has to have time for sleep, so that we must con tent ourselves with giving him a personal exhortation, some tracts and a Gospel. In spite of these obstacles, our God has gone over the ground before us and has given us some times of rejoicing. One man who was tired of sermons, churches and Christians in general, was
WORK IN THE OIL FIELDS
R. C. Isbell, Sup’t.
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