TH E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
By W ILHELM INA ANN A S as told to ANN E HAZELTON
A Nurses Experience in Soul-Winning
I T WAS very quiet in thè pleasant sun porch of the beautiful Sierra' Madre home where I was on a case. My patient was Dr. Murphy, and I stood in awe of him. Not only is a doctor one of the most difficult of patients to care for, but this particular one made me feel ill at ease and self- conscious. His eighty-five years had rested lightly/on him until a recent illness. Even now he was always immaculate ly attired, distinguished and scholar ly in bearing, and vigorous in his speech. He was not a Christian, and I knew he had been none too pleased with me since the day I had tried to speak tQ him about spiritual things.
Long before this time, the. Lord had put a burden on my heart., for the spiritual condition of the patients I nursed. Usually I was able to deter mine rather quickly whether they knew Christ as Saviour, and then I endeavored to help them in their need, through prayer and personal testi mony. I had prayed that' the iLord would open the way for me to reach Dr. Murphy for Him. I knew he was a man of few words-; he liked directness in those who con versed with him. So I began with that fact in mind. “Dr., Murphy, are you trusting the Lord Jesus as your Saviour?” I had asked one day soon after I had gone
on the case, that being the most direct approach I knew. He had stiffened angrily and an swered, “I don’t argue on religion, Mrs. Annas.” “You misunderstood me, Doctor,” I replied. quietly. “I have no desire to argue on the subject. I hold it far too sacred for that." He had not replied, and I had not dared approach him again. There was a reserve I could not break through. I looked at him, now, alcove the book I had been reading. He was sit ting quietly in a.big chair, staring in to the garden. He did not need to be in bed, but because he was subject to falls since his illness, he needed some
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