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G ir ls ' Q ue ry Corner Conducted by M y r t l e E. S co tt
prayer, by such writers as George Muller and Andrew Murray, will be helpful also. T o be systematic, you may be led to set aside certain days of each week for prayer for specific countries. As you ask the Holy Spirit’s leading, He will impress your mind with those who are needing special prayer. When He gives you a prayer burden in these cases, it does not matter that you do not know the immediate need. The Lord does, and He works in response to the prayer of faith. If you do not know where to begin this work, I shall be glad to fur nish you with names of missionaries who would praise God for a prayer partner with time and consecration to devote to this service. Then there is the ministry to those whose lives touch yours directly. It is a ministry, first of all, of living a radiant, victorious life just where you are. Do not imagine that this service is limited by your four walls. Many of God’s precious shut-in saints have lived so radiantly that hungry hearts have ■eagerly sought them out for Christian counsel and prayer. These needy ones have found the sick room a Bethel— a “ house of God”—where they met God and from whence they went with the dew of heaven upon their souls, to live for Him out in the busy world. Only heaven will reveal the unlimited power and influence of a saint in a limited sphere but in touch with the unlimited resources of our omnis cient, omnipotent God. work in California communities is as fol lows: February 27 to March 13—Kings- burg; March 20 to April 3—Lindsay; April 24 to May 8—Maxwell; and May 15 to May 29—Yuba City. E vangelist C arl C. H arwood and J ohn D rawz closed early in February a series of meetings at Oro Grande, Calif. The blessing of God was upon the services, and more than sixty souls came to know Christ as their own personal Saviour. This little work which has been started in a school- house is growing, and God is blessing it. Evangelist Harwood planned to go next to the Union Church in San Jacinto, Calif., and from there to the Baptist Church at Cashmere, Wash. T he W m . F. R awlins E vangelistic P arty recently closed a three-weeks’ re vival series in the First Baptist Church of Susquehanna, Pa., with the assistance of Richard Fitch, pianist. There were fifty decisions to accept Christ as Saviour, and one hundred Christians signified their con secration of their lives to Him. At the First Baptist Church of Covington, Pa., thirty accepted Christ as their Saviour, and the spiritual life of the church was deepened. The outstanding work of the Rawlins Party is their children’s meetings, where gospel songs, Scripture memorizing, pictures, and object lessons, as well as the excellent variety of musical instruments, are used o f the Lord in drawing the chil dren to hear and receive the gospel. The [ Continued on page 105]
B B 9 B answer in this corner should be sent to Miss Scott, 8961 Dicks St., West ollywood, Calif., and a stamped envelope should be enclosed for reply. No name will appear with the questions chosen for publication. Dear Miss Scott:
the going down of the sun” (Ex. 17:8-12). The prayer warrior’s equipment and call you will find in Ephesians 6:10-19. If you are to become a real intercessor, you will need to keep informed concerning definite needs. Missionary societies gladly will send you their literature and prayer bulletins to keep you informed. Ask the Lord to give you special missionaries as your definite prayer responsibility. Have some maps on the wall near you with the location of your missionaries indicated. Your ministry can become world-wide. Write to these missionaries. They are eager for letters, and they will be rejoiced far beyond anything you can comprehend, when they learn that you are giving yourself to prayer for them and the lost souls to whom they bear the “good news.” You will wish to learn the principles of intercession by making a special study of the prayers found in the Word of God, the prayers of the Lord Jesus, of Moses, Dan iel, Nehemiah, the Apostle Paul, and others. Careful reading of devotional books on H arry O. A nderson (Biola ’IS) has been engaged recently in evangelistic serv ices in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Roseburg and Salem, Ore., and Oakland, Calif. On Janu ary 20 Mr. Anderson assumed his new position as Vice-President of the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago, 111., where Charles W . Koller is the new Presi dent. Since Mr. Anderson has taken up his new duties at the Seminary, the American Society for Evangelism, of which he has been Director, ha*s been amalgamated with the Extension Department o f the Seminary. L eonard E ilers (Biola ’30), 124 N. Florence St., Burbank, Calif., known as “ the cowboy evangelist,” writes that the meeting at the First Baptist Church in Montebello, Calif., held in January was one. blessed of the Lord. It was the best gen eral attendance ever witnessed in the his tory of the church. Likewise the record for the largest one-night audience was broken. “ The best cause for rejoicing, however,” Mr. Eilers writes, “was that many accepted the Lord Jesus as Saviour; quite a few came into the church, and a large number took definite steps forward with God.” The Union’ “Round Up for God,” a series of services in which the P r e s b y te ria n , Methodist, and Baptist churches of Torrington, Wyo., united, were arranged for January 30 through February 20. In spite of stormy weather, the meet ings had a fine start and were fruitful for Christ. Mr. Eilers’ spring schedule for
T he K ing ’ s B usiness is one of my choic est blessings. I look forward each month for its arrival. First of all, I turn to the Query Corner. Most girls’ problems differ from mine, but I am interested in what other girls are meeting and thinking out in the world. You see I am a “shut-in.” An automobile accident suddenly cut off my activity and plans for service, and here I am confined to my room for perhaps the rest of my life. I love the Lord and try not to ask “W h y?” I have faith to know He had some good purpose in permitting it, and still I am tempted, at times, to wonder about it. Many people seem to live only for themselves, and I truly was trying to serve Him, teaching in Sunday-school and helping in other ways, always looking for ward to greater service. I hoped I might some day be a missionary, but that hope is gone now. Perhaps I am asking “W h y?” after all, for it is that question mark that compels me to write you. Through these days I have learned many precious lessons that doubtless I would not have learned otherwise. I pray to be pa tient. I would so love to be serving Him. — '“ S hut - in .” My Dear: Though my heart goes out to you in sympathy, I rejoice that you know how to go to our precious Lord in your very real trial. Perhaps “W h y?” is the very ques tion you should be asking. Do not misun derstand me. I do not mean the “W h y?” of unbelief, but the “Why ?” of opportu nity. Instead of shutting you away from service, your condition shuts you in to the greatest ministry of all, the ministry of in tercessory prayer. Our heavenly Father guides by closing doors as well as by opening them. He calls some of His children definitely to interces sion, and these need as real a missionary vision and passion as do those who are called to be missionary messengers to go forth to tell the story. Why not enter into a partnership with some of those who are His witnesses abroad? You can pray while they work, and together you will be used in bringing precious souls to your Saviour’s feet. Missionaries long for prayer part ners. Faced with desperate need and with demands and opportunities taxing time and strength, no matter how faithfully they give themselves to prayer, they need the help of those who will fulfill God’s plan for intercession. Moreover, the oppressive hindering power of Satan is especially manifest in a heathen land, and prayer warriors are needed who will ally them selves in the spiritual battle even as Aaron and Hur upheld the hands of Moses “ until
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