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Being concerned for an older brother, they invited both brothers with this friend, who was now a believer, to take dinner with them the following Thursday evening, and arranged with the Bible Woman to come and give a chart talk, inviting the sister’s family' also." Would you could have seen the picture in that home! On the wall a large dispen- sationa! chart; the three brothers, one indif ferent to Christ but mightily interested nevertheless, held against his will to listen teethings he would not talk about; the younger brother, man grown, with the new joy-light in his face, witnessed by a gopd confession with his lips; the brother, who was the host, so eager to know more about the wonderful Book which he was just beginning to, understand, and so concerned for the two men in the room who were out of Christ; then the sister and her husband with their four children, and the sister-in- law, the hostess, once so self-centered (as she said), caring only for self, but now beginning already to think of others, with a real passion in her heart for lqved ones out of Christ. It would be hard to tell just what all was said, but the new convert, the host, was full of questions, and God used them to bring out the difficulties of a man’s heart, for the others in the room who would not speak. Then we prayed, each one who knew Christ;, Prayers so simple and so sweet.
The host thanked God for giving him a home where he could ask his relations and the Bible Woman to come and learn about the Bible, and he trusted it would not be the last time they Would meet like this. After the prayer they gathered around the unsaved brother-in-law and urged him, too, to accept Christ. It was beautiful to see their earnestness and how they gave him Scripture for the step they urged him to take. But he was not ready to yield, and not until the next night, as we learned afterward, did he accept. Then with his wife, in their own home, as they knelt together, he too was saved. A week later there was another family gathering in the same home. This time the dear old mother was there, and she saw a third son accept Christ and enter into the joy and assurance that comes to those who Accept and believe God’s Word about His Son. The young man with his wife was there. She had ten years before come out of Catholicism into an assured faith in Jesus, ánd had of late been praying for her husband. She had attended the Bible class a few. times and Had found help. It was almost eleven o’clock when the goodbyes were said, but there was praise in every heart, and most of all in the heart of the dear old saint of God, the old mother, who had watched and prayed so long for her dear children.* Altogether, there aré eleven members of this family ; who have become Christians. O
THE NEGLECTED FIELDS Geo. P. Wicker, Evangelist
B ELOW I am giving you a synopsis of the work accomplished in the field from May 11 to November 11: Meetings con ducted, 71 ; families visited, 300 ; attendance at our meetings, 1508; professed' conver sion, 35; tracts given out, 3500; Gospels given out, 121 ; colportage books and Testa ments, 120; organized Sunday schools, 6; miles traveled, 4000.
In addition to the above we organized an .executive board, made up of one man from each evangelical denomination in Mendocino county, and formed an interdenominational work, raised the money and placed a worker in that county. Also raised money for a worker’s half-time in Lake county, and saw the preachers of Colusa county, who agreed to co-operate, in raising the
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