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BIOLA HALL WORK Da'ri4 Ca•t. Su•t.-Our City Mieaion for Men in the center of Lo• Anaelee. Meetina• conttnu.oua from I0 a, m.. to I0 p. m. Noon·day Prayer Meetina. 11 1" tnese days wuen so many un– stallJ.e sou1s are oeing drawn to all sorts or side issu1.3:;, wllen contusion and disonler wise are called/' but, Oh! Praise G1Jd, for that blessed letter "m," a few d•.> hear and heed. 'l'wo Old J\Ien Reclaimed
are everywhere, now blessed to kno\\ tllat tile simple story of the cross, wnen pressed upon a lleart graciously pru– pared by tile Holy Spirit, is tile power of God unto salvation. We see His workings Every day at Biola Hall. The Wonl a.nd the Spirit do the work as evidenced in the ca~,, of a man who listeneu with tear• streaming down his face to the speaker's message. F'ollowing him as he turned away, a few sympathetic words secured his confidence and clicited his stGry. Some faithful sower of the seed had handed him a "Have You Heard?" tract three weeks before in front of Biola Hall and he had read and treasureu those life-giviug words, and during the interval the Holy Spirit had been driv– ing them deep into heart '1,nd conscience, but like the Ethiopian be needed sor.ie one to guide him, and God had a pre· pared servant ready to minister to this prepared heart. When the worker ha'1 done his part the Lord took him away as He did Philip, and the saved sinner saw no man but Jesus only and went on his way rejoicing. (Acts 8: 26-40). "Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His Word; Just to rest upon His promise, Just to know "Thus saith the Lord." A college man heard '.I. speaker one day refer to the teachings which in these days are being handed out in msti– tutions of learning, an1l the fact of ?1is having had a bitter experimental knowl– edge of such things formed a point of contact. This wise man of the world had an unsatisfied, hungry heart, and when the claims of th~ holy, spotless Son of God were presenter! to that heart, he opened the door and J esus came into his soul. "Not many noble, not many
Two old men, over seventy, wore brougnt to Gnrist. One •tated he harl never heard the Gospel, although a member of a churcl..i; Ju.s wife, seventy– eight years old, poor, lceble, sick and lost, was awaiting his !,orue-coming, aEd as ne took so gratefu Lly the copy of the Gospel of John it was with the fervent prayer that be ruigbt lie the humble in– strument which the Holy Spirit woulls a young man from far off China was telling the ol'.1 love story, and his eyes began to fil: with tears. He later 'old us bow mem– ories of his godly mother' J prayers and faithful reading of the Scriptures can:e flooding his soul. He had been tbrowu in contact with a very bright and at– tractive woman who ilad robbed him or all faith in God through the doctriuil of Christian Science (falsely so called) and his life for many years bad been poisoned with deadly error. The mes– sage of Jesus and His love, bleeding, suffering, dying, completely broke him down and after a heart-to· heart talk "He looked to Jesus as he was, Weary, worn and sad; In Him he found a resting place, And Christ has made him glad." What a change! Last night desponri.– ent, depressed , defeated and in deb•. with only five cents between him and starvation. This mornini; a job was •L– cured paying an exceDent salary, and with a heart swelling 'Vltb praise and thanksgiving, hardly abh• to contain the good news, he rushed back to Biola Hall to tell us about it.
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