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THE KING’S BUSINESS
Some weeks ago a young man came to the city, and on going to his room in the hotel found a tract on the second coming of Christ, from the Biola Club. He read it over and was convicted of his sins. He had already accepted Christ but was in a backslidden condition. The next morning he was called out to work on a ranch some 85 miles from the city. He stayed at this ranch for a week or so, but finally became so convicted of his sin that he made up his mind to come in to the city and talk to some one at the Biola Club about his soul’s welfare. This he did, reaching the Club on Sunday morning, and found the peace that he was looking for. He left on the 11:30 train to go back to the ranch, loaded with literature and the good old Book, to tell the other men of his Saviour. T N THE last issue of T he K ing ’ s B usi ness we asked the readers to continue in prayer for the conductor, whose wife yielded her heart to the Lord Jesus after reading the Gospel of John, and promised, God willing, to tell you this month the result of prevailing, believing prayer offered up in the name of Him whom the Father delights to honor. God has graciously answered these prayers and now both husband and wife are rejoicing in God our Saviour. You will be interested in hearing of the way He brought it about. The writer was returning home quite late after a try ing day, and as we stood waiting for our car it just seemed as if all the powers of hell had broken loose; and to add to all that was without, the conflict with the evil of inbred sin was arousing us to self- scourging and remorse. Our car stopped and although the hour was late we seemed rooted to that spot and let that car pass
Was not this a direct answer to prayer? What else could convict a man of sin; take him out in the country; away from pleasure (as the world calls it) ; keep him out there until he could stand it no longer, then make him pay carfare to get in where he could find someone to talk to about his soul? The shame of it all is that we do not pray more for this kind of conviction. Then there would be more coming to our churches, and there would be still more coming to our blessed Lord. And is it not sad to think that there was no one among the large number of men with whom he worked that could give him the help needed? Oh, let us pray for God to con vict these men of their sin, and then bring them to Himself. us by as we waited fully twenty minutes for the next. But the moment we stepped on board, we understood it all—there was our conductor, for whom we had been waiting a whole month. The enemy had come in like a flood, but the Spirit of the Lord had put him to flight. Instantly the pressure was lifted, and we never had more joy and liberty in pouring into willing ears the story which grows sweeter as the years go by. We had hardly an interrup tion during the entire forty-five minutes, and discovered a hungry, needy soul almost persuaded Christ to receive, and before we reached the end of the line the mighty deed was done, and as that hand gripped ours, there was fat it the strength which meant business, while the clear certain ring of that voice as we stood with clasped hands and looked into each other’s eyes carried to the heart the conviction that the Word of God had taken root. It wasn’t an easy thing to sleep that
WORK IN THE SHOPS
David Cant, Supt.
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