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self,” was his joyful answer. “And when his fath e r saw him a g reat way off, he had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him .” H unger of Body and Soul To perm it a hunger of soul God often tim es has to perm it a hunger of body. A fter much pressure one confessed- th a t he had been two whole days in th a t con dition, and, well nigh desperate, he had d rifted into our hall and when the Bread of Life was broken to him, his hungry soul- took it in gladly. L ater we were perm itted to m inister to his bodily needs. Still another, when temporal help was pressed upon him firmly re fused the same, only begging th a t we secure for him work whereby he could earn an honest livelihood, and th is in these days when the g reat mass of d rift ing hum anity tak e to th eir heels a t th e very word “w o rk !” This m an’s case was unique. Many of our men, we soon discover, simply go on neglecting the m atter of salvation till they are brought face to face w ith eternal realities. We had one very rem arkable case in these days of easy professionalism , a man who really believed he was “too bad to be saved.” JRTHODOX Judkism by its in tolerance of arid antagonism to Christianity often over reaches itself and defeats its own purpose in trying to instill p reju dice against Christianity into th e minds of the Jewish people. The minds and h earts of thousands in Israel have re volted against being shackled hand and foot by Rabbinical laws and precepts and Reform Judaism has been the re sult. Today th ere are thousands of Jews to whom Judaism is but a social ra th e r than a religious tie. Indifference to Judaism has resulted in g reater tol erance of Christianity and a more un biased investigation of Christianity’s claims w ith the happy resu lt th a t annu ally thousands of Jews the world over are brought to Christ. Found H er Messiah Such was th e type of Jewess whom some of the In stitu te workers persuaded to attend a little Bible class in a private residence. H er in terest Was such as to
The most fru itfu l field, however, to day is among the young lads who are still under the influence of Christian homes, church and Sunday school, and many trophies have come to us during th e past month from this fru itfu l source. One notable case was th a t of a lad whose home influences had all been Godward, but, like so many others, he chafed at the narrow way, d rifted from his east ern home, arrived “broke” in Los Ange les, fell in w ith a bad bunch, and was fleeing from justice, when one of our men spoke to him. He told us God had been speaking to him, waking him up a t m idnight till his conscience was bu rn ing like a hot iron and he ju st must get rig h t w ith G od.. When th e whole w retched story was opened up and the lad told everything to Him who is of g reat compassion and wondrous love, a public confession of Christ followed, and he a t once determ ined to go back and Surrender himself. Turning to us afte r a few hours of this new found peace he said, “Why, here it’s been hours since I ’ve had a cigarette and strange to say all desire has qu it me. I t’s all so wonderful.” Yes, truly, for. His name shall be called “W onderful” and “he th a t w jnneth souls is wise.” ' prompt h er to repeat h er visits to the class and afterw ard to attend some of the lectures in the Evening School. We are not acquainted w ith the early his tory of her case, as we ju st made her acquaintance when she attended one of our Jewish meetings on Sunday a fte r noon. She appeared to be one of the most interested listeners in th e audience of over two hundred people as th e ser vice proceeded, and when a t th e close, one of our Hebrew-Christian workers engaged her in conversation, she seemed very receptive to th e Gospel message. Tqgether they bent over, the Bible and traced out in the Old Testament Scrip tu res th e proofs of the Messiahship of Jesus Christ. In ju s t a short tim e the w riter was called over by the worker to hear some good news and when shak ing hands, w ith this young Jewess asked what th e good news was. The answer, from th e Jewess, herself, was “ I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour.” “And are you quite satisfied th a t He is the Messiah of Isra el?” The answer was, “I am .”
WORK AMONG THE JEWS Jam es A. V aus, Supt.— Bible classes an d Personal W ork, S treet M eetings a n d Sem i-M onthly M ass M eetings fo r Jew s of Los Angeles-
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