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If th e re ever was a religious town, th is is one. I t has a population of about two thousand, w ith four or five churches, and all well attended. There is a D unkard college w ith some hun dred and sixty students. The meetings are being held in the B reth ren church. N ight by n igh t the church is filled, and sometimes more th a n filled. I have rarely seen such an earn est people as th e members of th is church, and no wonder w ith such a red- hot pastor, Rev. T. H. Broad. You have eith er to become ho t for th e Lord, or else g et ou t where you can be com fort able in a cool or cold condition. They believe th e while Bible and preach it and live it. They are very much in love w ith th e coming again of th e Lord Jesus. Since we have given the invitation, we have had the joy of seeing some come rig h t ou t for th é Lord, and feel sure th a t many will be b rough t to the Lord before th e close of the meetings. Every day a num ber of women meet for prayer and th en go two by two call ing on people and urging them to come to the meetings. One man said he had had fo rty invitations, and some of the people (have expressed th e ir resentm ent a t th e im po rtun ity of the w orkers in th e ir efforts to bring them to the meet ings and to Christ. P raise God for the privilege of work ing w ith such a fine lot of red ho t Christians. P ra y for us. If it is h ard to pray, pray harder! We begin meetings soon in San Pedro (the seaport of Los Angeles). The meet ings th e re will be held in a big ten t, in which churches of the city w ill unite. There are many adversaries, b u t also wonderful opportunities, so help us by your prayers, will you not?
strang er and need help. I believe you can help me. When can I see you?” A m e e t i n g was WORK OF THE planned. It seemed BIBLE WOMEN she had almost ru n away from her east ern home to find re st and deliverance from annoying things th a t were spoil ing h er life. Still she was unhappy because of lack of peace and fellowship w ith the Lord. When th e Word was given to her, though it h u rt, she saw she was holding b itterness in her own h e a rt and th a t she had in terru p ted her peace and fellowship w ith her Lord and she was w illing to tu rn it all over to Him. Then she said afterw ard s, “ It is all so different; now I w ant to go back and le t it work out. How we need to have th e Word opened up to us back there. A Bible class of ladies like th is is an unheard of th ing in all our city.” Some valuable lite ra tu re on th e false cults of th e day had been d istribu ted th roughou t th e city by th e Bible In sti tu te. We know th a t th is lite ra tu re is definitely m eeting th e need in many very different ways. A Bible woman offered it to a man w aiting for his car; “I ’ll be glad to have it,” he responded. “Some one gave me one a day or so ago, b u t w alking th rough a car I saw a woman reading a C hristian Science book. She accepted my pam phlet and as long as I rem ained on the car she was reading it, so I am glad to receive ano th er copy in th e place of m ine.” In visiting th e homes where God is honored and many tim es in godless homes we learn more and more the h e a rt hunger of the little folks of these households to know Him who said “ Suffer th e little children to come unto me.” One little fellow wbo had been a t tending Sunday School w here he hears more about Boy Scouts and things of th a t so rt th a n of Jesu s Christ, said, “ I w an t to go to Sunday School where I can h ear about God.” I t is th e same h e a rt cry for God th a t
F rom Home to Home W ith th e Gospel A fter a Bible class one day a lady came to the teacher saying, “ I am a
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