I B i b l e I n s t i t u t e A c t i v i t i e s T H E M O N T H ’S R E V I E W I . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . HI . . .. . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . m i . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ..... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii[nii[n ] WORK OF THE BIBLE WOMEN Mrs. T. C. Horton, Sup’t. /'" ''R E A T im petus has been g iv en to th e H ig h S chool w o rk by th e B ible con ' A
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O n e o f th e m an y cases I h av e fo u n d in m y v isitatio n w o rk recen tly is as fo llo w s: T h e w om an w as ab o u t 65 y e ars, o f age. S h e h a d been confirm ed, b ap tized a n d tak en in to th e ch u rch w h en v ery y o u n g an d m ade to believe th a t if sh e only d id th e b est she k n ew how , all w o u ld be well. T h e h u n g er w as in h e r h e a rt fo r som ething, sh e kn ew n o t w h at, a n d she listen ed eag erly w hile p assag e a fte r passag e w as read, show ing o u r n eed a n d G od’s plan an d w ay. She finally said, “M y fa th e r w as a m in iste r b ut, do y ou know , I n e v er re ally k n ew th is be fo re- th a t G od h ad p ro v id ed so p lain and sim ple a p lan fo r m e to b e sav ed fro m sin. I am g lad , indeed, th a t y o u cam e today. R e st assu re d I shall stu d y it a ll o u t in m y B ible.—W . H . L a st w eek, in th e h o sp ital, I cam e to a w om an w h o w as su ffe rin g from cancer. S h e h a d sp en t all h e r m o n ey on C h ristian S cience p ra ctitio n ers a n d w h en h e r fu n d s w ere e x h au ste d th ey se n t h e r to th e C ounty H o sp ital. S h e w as hopeless an d frien d less a n d alone. W h e n C h rist w as p resen ted to h e r a s th e H e a le r o f th e soul’s diseases, she jo y fu lly accepted H im a s h e r ow n all-suffi cien t S av io u r, th e F rie n d o f th e frien d less, a n d th e H o p e o f all th e fu tu re. H e r face w as illum in ed w ith th e lig h t n o t to be m istak en , an d w h en I left h e r she w as ab so rb ed in th e N ew T e sta m e n t w h ich I h ad given h er. T h ese a re sim p ly -to ld facts, b u t th e w h o le sto ry is lo n g an d su rp a ss in g ly sw eet.—W . A t th e close o f one o f m y lo n g est B ible classes, one o f th e w om en w h o h a d been listen in g in te n tly an d w h om I h a d supposed
feren ce h eld a t C a rte r’s C am p from M arch 29 to 31. A b o u t on e h u n d re d a n d th irty h ap p y -faced g irls, to g eth e r w ith th e teach ers o f th e v a rio u s h ig h school classes, an d o th e r ch ap ero n es, en jo y ed close fellow ship w ith each o th e r a n d b lessed com m union w ith th e ir L o rd fo r tw o days. E ac h d ay th e re w as h eld a su n rise an d su n set so n g -serv ice, b esid es th e J o u r m ain m eetin g s. A v ery definite m essag e w as giv en a t each o f th ese m eetings, w ith w o n d e rfu l resu lts. A fte r th e first on e th ere w as a call fo r g irls to accep t C h rist as th e ir S av io u r, to w hich call seven resp o n d ed. T h e n th e re w as a call fo r th o se w ho d e sire d to m ak e a n ew sta n d fo r th e ir L o rd , feelin g th a t th ey w ere n o t liv in g as close to H im as th ey s h o u ld ; also fo r fu ll s u r re n d e r o f lives fo r H is service. A b o u t th irty g irls resp o n d ed to th ese v ario u s calls, w hich w e re v ery definitely an d plainly given. E ac h g irl cam e fo rw a rd , k n e lt in p ra y e r an d gave a testim o n y fo r th e S av io u r. I t w as a b e au tifu l a n d in sp irin g sight. T h e tea ch e rs also h ad o p p o rtu n ity fo r p erso n al talk s w ith g irls w ho n eed ed spe cial help. S ev eral h a rd b a ttles w ere fo u g h t a n d v icto ries w on d u rin g th o se tw o days. In th e tw o w eeks th a t h av e p assed since th e co n feren ce w e a re co n tin u ally h e arin g o f re su lts w hich h av e fo llow ed th is tim e o f fellow ship in p ra y e r an d study. M an y in d iv id u al cases h av e com e to o u r atte n tio n , a n d a n in creased in te re st in th e v ario u s classes is rep o rted , o n e class h av in g p ra c tically d o u b led its atten d an ce. A ll p raise to H im w h o “g iv eth th e in crease.”—C.
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