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T H E K IN G ’S B U S IN E S S
In th is case as in m any o th ers o u r g ra cious L o rd w as triu m p h a n t a n d a tra n s form ed husband, w ife a n d hom e w as th e n a tu ra l result. F rom one of o u r classes com posed of H igh school girls com es th e glad cry : “ T h e last girl h a s su rre n d e re d ; now every one of th e class is a Christ-one.** Tw o a p p rec ia tiv e le tte rs h a v e ' com e from th e N orm al school, testifying of th e gracio u s w o rk of th e L ord th ro u g h o u r efficient w o rk e r th ere . E very girl w on th e re a n d stre n g th e n ed b y th e W o rd of God m eans a fu tu re te a c h e r w ho shall be able to influence h u n d red s of y o u n g lives. In one of o u r d istricts w h e re w e have op en ed a chapel w e can re p o rt good p ro g ress. T h e field w as b a rre n of C h ristian influence— n o c h u rch n e ar, no w o rk b e in g done, a Godless n eig h borhood, people n o t h aving a tte n d e d c h u rch fo r m any y e ars— o th ers d iverted b y p leasu re, no t caring. F irst a p a rlo r Bible class, mucl^ p e rso n al w o rk a n d visitation, th e n b y ra p id steps h as grow n a w o rk w hich is p ro v in g fru itfu l beyond o u r hopes. “ A nd I, if I b e lifted u p from th e e arth , will d raw all m en u n to ^le.** A n sw erin g th e rin g in g of th e d o o r bell as 1 called a t th e house, a m an cam e to th e d o o r w ho said th a t his w ife w as n o t in. A s w e stood on th e p o rc h I ask e d if he w as a C h ristia n a n d fou n d th a t he h ad been a t th e c a r b a rn m eetings fo r tb e p ast th ree m o n th s a n d w as ju st re ad y to resp o n d to th e L o rd ’s call, w hich h e did, as I gave him th e in v itatio n in a few w ords of S crip tu re. 1 th en left him h a p p y a n d re tu rn e d th e follow ing w eek to m eet his w ife. She w as w aitin g fo r m e w ith a n o th e r c o n d u cto r’s w ife a n d as w e talk ed to g e th e r she to ld m e how h e r hu sb an d h ad com e hom e a fte r I h ad b een th e re w ith a Bible a n d h ad re ad it every sp are m om ent, saying th a t h e n e v er k new how m uch th e re w as in it. She told a very sad sto ry of h e r m arried life, th e w icked life h e r h u sb an d led an d his je e rin g a n d scoff ing a t all religious th in g s u n til th e p ast few w eeks. T h e o th e r w om an to ld th e
h a p p in ess reigns. T h e girls have n e arly $100 now tow ard th e fu rn ish in g of th eir ow n re st ro om in th e new building, a n d a re full of p lan s an d faithful in p ra y e r. T h e re is scarcely a n ig h t w ith o u t som e one o r m o re of th e y o u p g w om en a c c e p t in g Jesus a s Saviour. T h e new girls a re seem ingly loved in to th e kingdom a n d w o n d er w hy th ey did n o t com e before. T his w o rk is q u iet b u t fa r-re a ch in g a n d seem s to be ju st p e cu liar to itself. Y oung p eople a re social beings, th ey n eed m o th e r in g a n d th e ir h e a rts a re really, tru ly h u n g ry fo r th e best gifts, w hich a re p rom ised th em in th e W o rd of God. T h is trio of reasons is q u ite sufficient cause fo r th e b rin g in g in to life of th e L yceum Club. T h e girls a re h elped in every tim e of stress a n d need, th ey find sym p ath y an d counsel w aitin g fo r them , a n d a re stre n g th e n ed to do m ore valian t a n d ef ficient service in th e ir churches, schools, hom es o r business places. T h ey a re le a rn ing th a t C h ristian girls can help girls b e t te r th a n a n y o n e else is able to do it. T h e w o rk is co-operative a n d th e blessings all sh ared . O u r God sees fit to use this un iq u e club to th e help a n d upb u ild in g of h u n d re d s of girls in o u r city, a n d w e feel th a t g re a te r blessings aw ait in th e fu tu re. O ne m u st see th e w o rk a n d w atch its sim ple m ethods to in an y w ise a p p rec ia te it, a n d th en w e can scarcely u n d e rstan d it. W e can only be th an k fu l fo r it. Bible Women’s Notes A n o th e r hom e rescu ed from th e hands of S atan a n d tran sfe rre d to th e w ill of God is th e n o te of p ra ise b ro u g h t to last w eek ’s p ra y e r con feren ce of th e Bible W om en. A husband, to o h a rsh , a w ife too careless, n e ith e r of th em in love w ith a n y form of sin, y e t e ach stra in in g a t th e m arital cords read y to fly in opposite directions b ecau se of au gm en ted , foolish, trifling m isunderstandings. B oth w ere w ith o u t God , a n d so w ith o u t g ra ce o r hope. F rom such com binations com e b ro k e n hom es a n d h e arts, b u t “ H e is able** is th e slogan w hich only can w in.
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