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the salvation which is in, Christ. Showing the way as clearly as we could, we asked if she would not just at that moment make the decision for Christ, and kneeling together she placed her trust in Him as simply as a little child, and rising. from her knees and with tears streaming down

for me here that my life may tell for eter­ nity in speaking to some precious souls.” Returning from class one afternoon we found a phone call to go with a member of our Bible class to call upon a woman whose habits had brought her husband to the point of separation. He had recommended

Mrs. Horton and her Efficient Corps—1917

her face, she was able, through the Word, to take her place as a child of God. New Thought had failed to help her, but the Thought of God, expressed in Jesus Christ before the. foundation of the world, had lifted the poor, helpless sinner into the position of a child of God Almighty.

New Thought to her as a means of over­ coming her besetting sin. We found her very sick, the doctors giving her but six months to live. When we asked her if she had any hope should she be taken away, she burst into tears and told us that though she has a Christian home, she did not know

—.------- O WORK AMONG THE JEWS James A. Vans, Supt.

I T has been much on our hearts of late to gather together a number of our con­ verts and present to them the necessity (as an act of obedience), the privilege of Christian baptism. When the subject was broached we found, as we expected, that while some were ready, willing and even anxious to be baptized, others, though they

were rejoicing in their Saviour and giving public testimony to His saving power, were not quite willing as yet to go all the way with their Lord in the matter of baptism. There seems to be an inbred prejudice in the hearts of Jews against baptism, and this is not to be greatly wondered at when one remembers that, years ago, many of

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