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The Cure for Skepticism. In conversation with a young lady at a young people’s meeting in a neighboring i city, one of our workers found her, though a professed' Christian, full of skepticism. After a brief effort to correct her views he frankly charged her with hypocrisy, de claring that she had never surrendered to Christ, and plead in evidence her refusal to bow to His Word. After some indig nant remonstrance she confessed her error and agreed to test the Word by reading it in humble readiness to receive its testi mony. The sequel is evident in the fol lowing extracts from a letter confessing the results. She says : “My Bible has become a new book to me'. Things I’ve read lots of times be fore just simply jump at me when I read, and I understand things that never meant anything to me before. As far as I am personally concerned in regard to the in spiration of the Bible, it is all settled. I know. Honestly, I feel sort of sorry for Haeckel and Spencer. Of course they think that this Jesus Christ is contrary to rea son. They can’t understand it and it isn’t anything one can know with his head, and explain by any system of reasoning. It’s just the most wonderful thing in the world and all the philosophers can argue' me into a corner, and reason me off of my feet if they want to. I know. . . . How could £ be so blind all this time?” This reminds us of a devout and intelli gent but unlettered Dutch elder who, de fending the doctrine of the Lord’s return against his pastor, and unable to meet all his criticisms, cried out, “Well, Dominie, I can’t argue against you, but I can believe against you.” He was right. The pastor, an eminent theologian, is now looking for the Lord. The Fishermen’s Club The Seventh Anniversary of the Club was observed on Monday night, April 28, in Berean Hall, Temple Auditorium. The hall was well filled with the members of the Club and their friends. The audience
was large composed of young people. As the officers of the Club are elected every six months we have a good supply of ex presidents, nine of whom were present. The special music was furnished by the male quartette. The meeting was inspiring. There were short testimonies from the for mer presidents, emphasizing the value of the Club in the development of their own lives, and splendid testimonies from the members and young people, all of which were calculated to glorify the Lord. From the beginning it has been the policy of the Club to hide itself behind the Cross and to make the supreme object the magnify ing of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Club has never resorted to any of the popular methods deemed necessary to maintain a Christian organization, but has quietly and prayerfully pursued its definite work of studying the Bible and winning souls. The president of the institute, Mr. Lyman Stew art, to whom the Club is indebted for so many favors, had a seat upon the platform and was enabled to obtain a fresh vision of the value and possibilities of the work among the young people. When the call was given a number made a full surrender of their lives. The Club enters the eighth year with holy enthusiasm for their Lord. Bible Women’s Notes The classes of one of the Bible Women in two different business colleges are meet ing with phenomenal success in numbers. The class in one of them is made a part of the required work and students and manager seem thoroughly interested in the Bible lesson of each week. Who can tell the result of this work? An all-day conference was held the first week of May, at Miramonte, by the regular Bible class there, assisted by some of the ladies of the Auxiliary and other friends. It was a day of profit and great blessing to that whole neighborhood. Many new mem bers will be added to the weekly class and the definite things will be more strongly accented in the lives of the regular students of the class.
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