King's Business - 1958-12

Editor's Note: Mr. Noble found Christ as personal Saviour during his time in prison behind the Iron Curtain. As a born-again believer he is speaking out forcefully against the constant threat of Communism in America. He is author of the book, "I Was a Slave in Russia." Another new book is soon to be off the press. ¿he IronCurtain

ties of life. On Dec. 28, 1945, after six months in prison we had our first bath, a piece of soap, a hair cut, and a shave. For the first time we were able to wash our filthy clothes. Did you ever thank God for a piece of soap? QUESTION: Were you ever given any kind of a job? ANSWER: Yes, first I was allowed to sweep the corridors and carry buckets and jugs of water. By March of 1946 I was given a job in the office. This assignment probably was the reason for my later being taken to the Soviet concentration camps. I knew too much! QUESTION: I understand that there are approxim­ ately 3,000 Americans over there today. ANSWER: Yes, there are. The only reason that they are not released is that they have gone through such terrible experi­ ences that the free world would be shocked if they told the truth and the Communist party would suffer a tremendous blow! QUESTION: Are you not afraid for your very life? ANSWER: I have often been asked that ques­ tion and I can only say that as long as I give God the glory, and as long as I tell the truth, He certainly is not going to let anything happen to me. The Communists have several times called me and ordered me to “ keep my mouth shut” about the things that

camé to realize that He was the only way out. I had heard about Christ and the Bible when I was a child, but it had made no impression on me. I had come to the place now that I realized that there was a God in heaven and that I needed this God to preserve me in this terrible situation. I prayed that I might die, but if God wanted my life, I would turn it over to Him with no reservations and would make my life what He wanted it to be. I felt like singing after I had turned my life over to God. A new strength came to me and I tried to tell the news to my dad, but God had already revealed it to him. QUESTION: What were some of your experiences in prison in Germany under the Soviets? ANSWER: Of the 700 prisoners who were taken when we were, only 22 or 23 of us survived. My father was among the survivors. The guards who were in charge of us were of the same type that had plundered, stolen, and raped when they entered Dresden. These men knew nothing of cleanliness and the filthiness was nauseating. We had no bathing facilities, no soap, no tooth brushes, in fact none of the necessi­

the Russians, we continued operating our factory and all seemed well with us. Our home became the center for rounding up American soldiers who had been liberated from the German prison camps. The latter part of June, my father and I left Dresden to go to the Western sector to. get some camera lenses, as our supply was ex­ hausted. QUESTION: What happened while you were away? ANSWER: I think that it was on July 5th that we returned home some time after midnight only to find that the Rus­ sians had taken possession of our home and had confiscated every camera in the place. The following morning they took us to the Soviet headquar­ ters, and we found ourselves prisoners of the Soviet police. QUESTION: What experience really forced you to turn to God? ANSWER: On the sixth day of a twelve day starvation period, I was too weak to talk to my dad who was across the corridor from me, so I turned to God in prayer. For some reason the Lord kept working on me and I finally

"This is the first Bible I was given when I arrived home from the nine and a half years of im­ prisonment. It is a Scofield Bible, and I love it very much." (Looking on with Mr. Noble is Mr. Al Sanders, BIOLA Vice-President.)

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