September 1927
570
T h e , K i n g ’ s
B u s i n e s s
were an interesting interview regarding God’s dealing with Israel at the present time,' and an invitation to call on him personally. A few days later the workers called at the Synagogue and for about an hour reasoned with him concerning the Scriptures. Although he avoided answering the questions on prophecies re ferring directly to Jesus Christ,- he seemed interested, and invited the workers to return for a longer interview. —o— Converted On the Way From a Funeral S OME days ago our Shop Work Superintendent was called upon to conduct a funeral of one of the men in the shops. During these services it was noticed1that a man for whom prayer had been offered for some time, was present, and appar ently disturbed in his mind. Seeing him, the worker was minded once more to ask the Lord to touch his heart. Getting into his own car, the worker was about to leave the cemetery when one of the men: came to him and asked: “Would you mind giving one of our men a ride back with you?” To his joyous surprise_ the worker saw approaching this man for whom he had been praying. The reader may well appreciate'the fact that after the Lord had so manifested His power in answer to prayer, the worker didn’t let the opportunity slip. As they were riding along, this man was.heard to say: “Yes, I will take Christ just now as my Saviour.” ' —o—' The Joy of the Lord I N one of the hospital wards lay a woman burdened with sor row. Her life seemed barren; she had suffered so much; often she wondered why her lot was so dreary. To her bedside came a student of the Bible Institute who brought to her the sun shine of a young life full of buoyancy. The woman listened to the message she brought of the lov ing Father and His care, but her interest was held by the joy in the face of the girl rather than in the story itself. One day in talking with the student, the sick woman said, “Why are you so happy?” How gladly the young girl then tes tified to the power of Jesus. Christ, not only to. save, but also to give. joy. The woman listened, knew it was real, then gave herself to the One who is the Saviour of all abiding joy. From that hour there was a marked change; on her face was a radiance that spoke eloquently of the peace within. She had a smile for all whom she met, wanted the student to meet other discouraged ones, and always introduced her as, “the one who has done so much to help me, and who will tell you how to be as happy.”;. Finally the time came for her to leave the hospital, but before going, she went to all whom she knew in the ward, and gave her personal testimony as to the joy that had come into her life by accepting Christ. With the Wild Beasts Mark’s account of the temptation of our Lord (Mark 3:13) gives us the detail that Christ was “with the wild beasts” in the wilderness. In those days these might have included the panther, bear, wolf, hyena and lion. Is this a reminder of the dominion over the lower creatures which the first Adam had possessed and lost ? Here, in the pres ence of the Second Adam, the jungle beasts are tame. The scene points to the day when the redeemed shall again have dominion over the animals (Isa. 11:6-7; 65:25). There is a further irony here, for Satan chose his chief weapon against Christ from Psa. 91. This is the very Psalm that promises to the trusting one the power to trample the lion and the adder under foot.
¡nations conducted by the mother-teachers. A straight road to the young people is through the mothers. Among the by-products of the classes conducted among women is the carrying home of the messages to the busy hus bands who have not the privilege of Bible study classes during the week, and of interesting them in the study of the Word of God. One of the women gave the following testimony at one of the all-day meetings : “Before I began going to the Bible class, my husband thought it was the mother’s business ‘to save’ the children. Now he knows that he has a responsibility for their spiritual development as well as their mother.” This husband and wife have become so interested in the Bible that they are pursuing together one of the Correspondence Courses of the Institute, and both are teaching classes in Sunday school. —o-- An Eleventh Hour Decision F OR several years Mr. Reynolds, director of our Shop work, had been dealing with one of the men at a Los Angeles shop. Seemingly thé:; call for a decision was the thing that always stopped the conversation. Several weeks ago, after another mes sage, tears were in this man’s eyes. But the whistle blew before he had come to a decision. Again two weeks later the same thing occurred. Going home th’e other evening, Mr. Reynolds had no more than entered the house when the telephone rang. It was a call from the hospital. This man had been suddenly stricken and was anxious to see the worker. On entering the hospital room, Mr. Reynolds was told that the man had but a few hours to live and that he wanted to talk with him. A few minutes of earnest conversation and Mr. Reynolds had the joy of hearing him say, “Yes, I will take Him now.” He lived but a few days longer, but his testimony was given with such telling effect that several others were touched, and two definitely came out for Christ. Who can say God doesn’t answer prayer ? Upon taking Christ as his Saviour, he said to the worker, “I am ready now to go, but I certainly would like to. stay and go back to thè boys and tell them.” Then he thought for a moment and said, “Mr. Reynolds, you tell them that I played the game with them there, but I didn’t play it square. I should have made this decision like a man before them ; tell them that for me, will you?” You may rest assured that Mr. Reynolds did so, and at that special service every man seemed to feel the weight of conviction. Pray that every one of those men may come to know Christ. —o— God’s Leadings In Answer to Prayer “ A K AY our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus 1VJL direct our way untò you” (God’s ancient people), is the prayer of our Jewish workers as they start out for a day of visitation work in the Jewish homes. One day recently God led them to a man who, although se riously ill, was greatly embittered against Christianity because of having gone through merciless persecution in Russia. At the close of an interview of several hours he asked for a Bible that he might learn the truth, promising to accept Jesus Christ if he could be convinced that He was the true Messiah. From there they went to the home of a lonely .Jewess whose husband had recently died leaving her with three small children to support. Although broken-hearted she was looking to God for comfort, and before the workers left she had turned to Jehovah for salvation, and acknowledged her faith in Jesus Christ. Another day as the workers stopped for prayer by the road side, they were led to call a f a “house joined hard to the syna gogue,” and during the visit the Rabbi also called. The results
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