EILERS continued ed me to read a Bible story to them. At such a time the Christmas story would be appropriate. So that’s the one I read. When I had finished, they still weren’t satisfied and wanted to sing “ Silent Night” just once more. After that they went home. While all this was going on, Charlie had been unusually inter ested. He stayed through the whole affair. Of course, I didn’t know that God was beginning to answer my prayers as well as those that were going on in Charlie’s home back in Utah. Nor did I know that after we all went to bed Charlie had bor rowed my Bible, and in the dim light of the old kerosene lamp that hung on the bunkhouse wall, sat back of the big iron heater and read and read until something happened to him. Something wonderful. I had left a bookmark in the place where I had read the Christmas story. And that’s where Charlie started. He couldn’t understand why he wanted to read the Christ mas story over again and why he wanted to keep on reading the Bible. But the more he read the more fascinated he became. And the more he found out about Jesus, the more he wanted to know. And as he continued to read, a strangely warm feeling filled his heart. Suddenly he realized that everything was dif ferent. He had an overwhelming desire to see his children and his wife—he wanted to go home more T X . u>o Interesting Facts 1) While it is true that Bible read ing in public schools is prohibited in a number of states, yet, as of today, 12 states with a total population of about 40 million people require it to be read daily in the public schools and 13 other states with a population of half that number, have no law or court decision interfering with such use of the Bible. 2) According to latest statistics there are more individuals (32,638,-
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