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men who. attend them, and they often express their appreciation to the workers. The evening meetings are reaching the men who are not “down and out” but, as some would say, “up and out,” and by the power of the Holy Spirit, through the Word, we get them before they get down. May God ever keep us faithful “until He come.”
ing it will be when the mothers again see their boys and see what a change has come over them. And then, too, what happiness there is in heaven when the sinner returns to the Lord! And so with these joys and these things to labor for, we press forward in our work. The noon-day prayer meetings are proving to be of great spiritual help to the business
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WORK OF THE BIBLE WOMEN
Mrs. T. 0. Horton, Supt.
A SAD-FACED little woman was urged to attend a Bible class held near her home. After repeated invitations she came, and recently her testimony was, “You can never know what the study has meant to me.” Trouble in the home had pressed so hard on her that she had no courage left, and, as she said, the Word seemed to waken her out of sleep. Now she has had faith to not only pray for her husband but has induced him to attend Bible class. A tourist attending Bible class said: “We expected to see a great many things when we came to California, but we never expected such great things as we are get ting out of the Bible. We are already over our time in Los Angeles, but just cannot bear to leave; God is giving us such a blessing here.” “A little child shall lead them.” In house-to-house visitation one afternoon, we found a little five-year-old boy who was not attending Sunday School, and asked the mother if we might enroll him. She replied that she. was a Christian Scientist, and that he was too young to send alone. We promised to send for him each Sun day, and the little fellow’s pleading finally won the mother’s consent, and he has not missed a single Sunday since he started three months ago. One rainy morning, a
short time ago, we hesitated about calling, but decided it would be better for us to be disappointed than to have him ready and no one call. We found him ready and another little four-year-old boy in the same apartment house ready to come with him. A few weeks ago the mother said she was surprised to hear the child singing his lit tle songs and telling her the Bible story each week, and that she could not answer his questions. She asked if she would be permitted to visit the Sunday School, and of course was urged to come. We are praying that through this dear child she may be led out into the truth. Following is an extract from a letter written by a member of one of our Bible classes, who has gone down into New Mexico to take up government land: “I have felt the leading of the Lord for some time, to come to New Mexico and God has blessed me in a mighty way here. Today I have learned' that I could have the schoolhouse in which to hold Sunday school. There are many hungry souls here and it is the desire of my heart to be used for his glory. I want you to send me the miniature Tabernacle, like the one we were studying there. Am enclosing check and would like any lessons or information that will help in this work. Please pray
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