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Him in spirit and in truth.” This is one of the évidences of the efficacy of God’s Word and a confirmation of the words of the Psalmist, “The entrance of thy Word giveth light.” The group of three families shown in the cut, numbers fifteen, including the chil dren. They have already made a distinc tion from the Catholics, calling themselves, “Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.” Their hunger and thirst after righteousness is great and at every meeting they say, “The week is so long until you come again.” Besides this, we have six other groups which are regularly visited every week for Bible study. In several of the groups, different ones have purchased the Bible, not being satisfied with only the New Testament. One youngj man has definitely received Christ as his Saviour, and testifies to a rest and joy never known before. To God be all the glory. Pray especially that the Holy *Spirit may convict of sin as we labor among these people. how different it was with our blessed Lord, in John iv, who, “must needs go through Samaria” to preach the truth of the “Gift of God” to one perishing soul. This ought to make us ashamed of ourselves, and it should also encourage us when we remem ber that this woman became the first Home Missionary, and of whom the Word tells us, “many believed on Him for the saying of the woman. . . . He told me all that ever I did” (John 4:39). We held some very encouraging meetings on the Columbia Oil lease and other leases close by, preaching the- Gospel -in the even ings, and teaching the Word in the after noons, and it was a great pleasure to see so many with their Bibles, some of whom attend the Institute frequently, and love the
to thè truth of God’s Word, and perhaps we should never have known any better. But, thank God, He sent you to us, and we have become enlightened and now we who were ignorant and blind, are awakened and have been made1 to see the true Light.” In connection with the remark of this woman, let us say that if we give them the true ' Light, “which lighteneth every man,” they will soon be convinced of their errors, and thus will be led to separate from all their idolatrous practices. To illustrate: In our last service this same woman went to her room and brought out a fine oak and glass case in which was enclosed an image of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, and said to us, “What shall I do wjth this now?” We replied, “Do you think you will need it to worship God?” She answered that she had read in the Bible, “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me; thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.” “Welli” we said, “you know God is a Spirit, and tliey that worship Him must worship D URING the month just past our travels have taken us through not only Kern county (where the preaching stations were visited), but also to Orange and Los Angeles counties. The very‘bad weather in the north cur tailed to some extent the attendance for the first ten or twelve days, but the good weather the remainder of the month more than made up for the loss, by giving us a good attendance, and good crowds to speak to each evening, as we held meetings from lease to lease. One very stormy evening, when we felt somewhat discouraged over the attendance, we were made glad by seeing two young men come forward and seek the Lord. So it goes: We are only inspired when we see a good crowd, but
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WORK IN THE OIL FIELDS
By Frank J. Shelley
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