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Truth. However, others are ensnared with some form or other of false doctrine. One dear good soul, thoroughly discouraged, had been made to believe we were all in “Babylon,” and that it was useless to preach the Gospel any more. Two others, who professed to find the Lord in a meet ing we held here some years ago, had become ensnared with the Russellite delu sion, and still others with Christian Science. We tried to show them the Truth of God, but they would not listen. The Church here was organized out of a revival we con ducted a number of years ago, and which had been left a “Union” Church with a nice building, but a certain sect managed to get control, and their minister had decided objections to the teaching of the Lord’s coming, or of kindred premillennial truths. However, we managed to get the church, and it was a very great help to us, and we were not hindered from giving out the Full Gospel. But where one opposes the blessed truth, the Holy Spirit is hindered and the real ground of peace is not known, consequently the enemy comes in with the I F you fully realize, dear reader, the awful burden of sin and sorrow in the lives of those who are out of Christ, I am sure that you are devoting your .every energy to telling out the Gospel message. “Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,” is the invi tation of the Lord Jesus to a sin-sick world. Are you extending that invitation? Come with me for a few moments into the great State penitentiary at San Quentin, and see some of the awful consequences of sin, and some of the glorious conse quences of the Gospel of life. A young man came with tears rolling down his cheeks, and told of a wife and
“tare” seed, and the people “perish for lack of knowledge.” Where one is not grounded and separated unto the Gospel, how can he possibly stand the assaults of Satan? Is it any wonder so many are “led away with the error of the wicked?” (1 Peter 3:15.) In blessed contrast with this, is the com mendation in 1 John 3 :4, “I write unto you young men, because ye are strong, and the Word of God abideth in you.” We have talked with about 400 persons about their relation with God; preached the Gospel twenty times; given fifteen Bible readings, taking up the teaching of the four Gospels, the Epistles of John and Hebrews, and have done a great deal of house-to- house visitation and personal work with the boys on the leases. The Lord has been very precious to us, and we believe the work done will be watered of the Lord, and bring forth fruit to the praise of His holy name. May the dear Lord grant it, and grant to us more of His Spirit; more faithfulness to Him, as we go forth to do His will while we “wait for His Son from Heaven” (1 Thess. 1 : 10 ) . O ------------ two little children, strangers in San Fran cisco, without friends, money or any means of obtaining either; he has been in prison three weeks; and will be there three more years. At the close of our visit he put the whole, matter in God’s hands. A woman, sentenced for two years, said: “This experience is driving me to the Throne.” Fifteen years in Folsom, and now begin ning a sentence of several years in San Quentin, one man whose face is that of a typical criminal, but now rapidly changing under the influence of God’s grace, a mem ber of the class, said one day: “These last three months of life in Christ are better
SAN QUENTIN PRISON
By Loren S. Hanna
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