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T h e w o rk is a little Unusual, as we have no m ission room w h ere th e Jew ish people w ill m o re w illingly com e. F o r this need we a re p ra y in g th a t a hom e m ay be opened fo r th e g a th e rin g of th e w om en a n d th a t a n ex p erim en t m ay be m ade to pro v e w h e th e r it be of ad v an tag e. O u r L o rd has b een very gracious to us d u rin g th e y e a r a n d we a sk y o u r p ra y ers, all y o u w ho love Israel, fo r co n tin u ed help a n d blessing. S tatistical re p o rt fo r th e y e a r 1912: Indoor m eetings c o n d u cted ....................... 17 A p p ro x im ate a tte n d an c e .......................... 827 Bible classes held .............................-............ 33 O th e r religious services ............................. 29 P e rso n a l interview s ..................................... 345 P erso n s pro fessin g conversion— Jew ish ......... -...... -............-......... I® G entile ..................................... -— —............... 3 B acksliders re sto red ..................................... 2 N um ber of visits m ad e................................ 185 Bibles, T estam ents, Gospels given..........202 P e rso n a l le tte rs w ritte n ....................... —. 13 C alls ........................ .....491 Full su rre n d ers ................................................ 5 T ra c ts given ........ 823 H ospital visits .................................................. 16 The Lyceum Club T o th e u n in itiated th e sig h t of th e crow d of y o u n g w om en g a th e red first a ro u n d th e long su p p e r tables a n d th en in th e class room fo r a Bible study, is am azing a n d difficult to u n d erstan d . Every T u esd ay n ig h t th ey g a th e r from business houses, offices, b anks, an d every depart-.- m en t of labor. T h e av era g e atte n d an c e of a b o u t 125 seldom , if ever, decreases. M any n ights th e n um b er is su rp risin g ly in creased. T h e y o u n g w om en a re enth u siastic an d loyal to th e ir club an d to th e m o th e r of it. It is th e ir club, th e ir m otfter, th e ir ow n w ork. T h ey live u p to th e ir m otto, “H elp th e o th e r girl,** an d co n stan tly b rin g In new girls w hom th ey have fo u n d to be lonely, stra n g e an d p e rh ap s hom esick. T h ere a re n o p a rtic u la r rules, ex cep t th e p aym en t of ten cents p e r m o n th by th e active m em bers, y et th e w o rk grow s in g race an d know ledge of th e Lord, an d
w o rk e rs a n d look fo rw a rd w ith re al a n ticip atio n to th e y early visit. W e have m ade m any friends in th e fo u r years* cam p aig n ov er th e hills a n d th ro u g h th e val leys a n d God has signally h o n o re d th e W ord. T h e follow ing is a sum m ary of th e w o rk : Tw o h u n d re d fifty-nine days in oil field m eetings. Fifty days on th e ro a d in w agon travel. N ine h u n d re d m iles distance covered. Tw o w eeks in con feren ce a n d C h rist m as vacation. F ifteen h u n d re d hom es visited durin g th e year. F o u r h u n d re d n inety-one gospel m eet ings held. A tte n d a n c e 12,279. T h irte e n stre e t m eetings held. N ineteen Bible readings conducted. T h irty -th re e cam ps visited, w h ere m eet ings w ere held. E ighty-seven conversions. N ineteen k now n to have u n ite d w ith churches. H u n d re d s of G ospels a n d tra c ts dis trib u te d . In add itio n to th e above th ere w ere m any p e rso n al interview s, funerals, m arriag es, etc. T h e w o rk has b een h ard , th e trials m any, b u t th e L o rd h a s b een m y gracious h e lp e r th ro u g h it all a n d to H im be all th e glory. The Jewish Work T o th e God of A b rah am , Isaac an d Jacob, H is chosen p eople a re a s d e a r as th ey ev er have been. H e y e arn s fo r th e tim e to com e w hen Israel shall ag ain be in h e r ow n land a n d shall ow n H im as M essiah. A s w e do “ fo r th e least of these w e a re prom ised su re reco g n itio n of su ch service w hich w e gladly lay a t H is feet. T h e special field of o u r Jew ish w o rk in this city is so sc a ttere d a s to call fo r m uch sacrifice of p recio u s tim e an d stre n g th . M ore hom es a re o p en to us th an w e can possibly re a c h ; m o re calls com e fo r us th a n w e can possibly a n sw e r; m ore blessings a re given th a n can be p ro p e rly estim ated ; m o re fru ita g e realized th a n can b e rep o rted .
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