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Messiah? It was no harm to listen, any way, and they were nice peopje, these new friends. Time passed. The '.friendship grew and God heard prayer. ' So Bessie came first to believe and was baptized. The circle widened and an aunt and uncle of Bessie received Jesus as their Saviour, publicly announced their faith in Him, and were baptized. Then, one day during the past month, one of the three callers, the Gentile friend, found Annie again, grown into beau tiful and sweet womanhood, but having made an unfortunate marriage, unhappy and ill in a sanitarium. The Missionary had often, talked with her and Bessie, too, had tried to show Annie the Way. They talked about the Messiah. She believed and gladly received Jesus as iher Saviour when the way to do so was made plain. Together they talked of forgiveness and justification and new relationships in simple terms. When the Bible woman spoke of God as a loving Father and how in prayer we should speak to Him out of our hearts, telling Him our love, thanking Him for joys and trust ing Him in sorrow, her beautiful brown eyes filled with tears as *she realized how wonderful it must be'to so know Him. She determined to grow in grace and in the knowledge of her Saviour Jesus Christ, to the glory of the Father. The power of prayer in the Holy Spirit has been manifested in the saving of an antagonistic Jew, dying with tuberculosis. In order ,to fully appreicate the wonder of it, one needs toi know something of the Jewish heart and its antagonism to Chris tianity, bred in the bone of centuries, some times covered over with reserve and cour tesy, but always there. One day a request came from a friend to her Missionary to call upon a Jewish family where the father was dying. This friend, together with several others, had been praying that God would keep the man alive until he was saved. They found the
The heart of our Jewish Missionary has been filled with praise during the past month, because the past seed sowing has resulted in reaping. Nearly six years ago a converted Jewess, in a little grocery store in the suburbs of Los Angeles, gave a tract to a Jewish peddler and talked with him about the Messiah. It was the first, time she had ever tried to show one of her own •nation that Jesus was the Christ, though she had often spoken to Gentiles about her Saviour. The man was interested and read ily gave her his name1and address that she might visit his home and call upon upon his wife. With her mother and a Gentile friend (a missionary) she was kindly re ceived by the wife, though the husband was not at home. It was a very Simple Jewish home with three children, a baby, a little boy perhaps eight years old and a slip of a girl of about thirteen years. They talked in German, Yiddish and English and ges tured, as only Jews can. The children were very deeply interested, especially the little girl, Annie. Before going away the Mis sionary invited Annie to visit her, and as there was still an older sister, Bessie, serv ing 'as maid "in a home not far from the Missionary’s home, the mother gave her consent to the visit. The callers took their leave, feeling perhaps a little disappoint ment that so little impression had been made and yet rejoicing that the children had heard, for children think, you know. The Missionary herself knew that; for had she not heard when people came to talk to her mother about Jesus? “No, Annie won’t forget,” she said. A short while after this, bright and early one Sunday morning, Annie appeared at the door of the Mission ary’s home. Her’sister, Bessie, said as she could get no peace, she had brought the little girl to make the promised visit. That was a great day in Annie’s life and in Bes sie’s. There were so many new things to see and hear, and these missionary people were so kind. Blit about Jesus; was it true? Could it be that He was after all,
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