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August, 1942

Bible class. Ema came and she not only joined the group.of older children as a regular' member, but began to visit her teacher's home frequently. There a faithful Christian man, con­ fined to his bed by illness, welcomed her and began a series of games in which he taught Ijpr the A B C verses of Scripture which begin with: “A ll have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,” through “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,” “ Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me,” and on to “Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house. And he made haste, and came down, and received him j o y f u l l y . ” The ten chosen verses that Erna recited so clearly were an eloquent testimony of one who, in pain and weakness, still had time for a little child. Warren R. Ranney, who, with Mrs. Ranney, is Director of the Child Evan­ gelism Fellowship of Southern Cali­ fornia, in giving some statistics during the program, said, “We would have to fill this great auditorium, which seats about four thousand people, six times in order to include all the boys and girls who are enrolled in our Child Evangelism classes in Southern California!” In 650 classes, there are 22,573 children enrolled, boys and girls that probably would have gone unreached otherwise, for the Fellow­ ship seeks to work primarily among children who are not already in Sun­ day-schools or churches. Out of those classes, more than 6,900 members have made a public confession of faith in Christ during the past year! Abundantly worth while has been the sacrifice of time and strength on the part of volunteer teachers and the women who have opened their homes to gather the children that they might learn to know and lotte the Bible and become acquainted with the Saviour. The reports of teachers from all over the district furnish abundant evidence of this fact. In one Child Evangelism Bible Class a ten-year-old boy gave his heart to the Lord. A few weeks later -he came to his teacher’s door early one morn-' ing, exclaiming, “Guess what hap­ pened at our house last night!” She remembered he had wanted a bicycle, so guessed he had received it. “Oh, no,” he said, "‘something a thousand times better than that! My mother and daddy accepted the Lord Jesus last night.” He had been urging them to accept his Lord but had met refusal. Finally, he had said, “I guess I’ll just have to go to heaven and leave you both down here!” A little while after he had gone to bed, his father came in and with .tears in his eyes, knelt be-

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WILLARD HOTEL is located in the le ft w in g o f the B ible In s ti­ tu te ' bu ildin g n ext to the P u b lic L ib ra ry park, a d join in g the Church o f the Open Door. I t is op­ erated as a fir s t class tem perance hotel, su r­ rou nded by a Christian .environm ent t h a t a s­ sures a . safe, com fort-- able and exclu sive place to stop. 13 stories o f fire p ro o f construction.

of God could have failed to experience a thrill of joy to see that group of boys and girls, the zest of living glowing in their faces, and the great audience joining in those solemn words: “I pledge allegiance to the Bible And to the Gospel for which it .stands: One Saviour, crucified, risen, and 'Coming again, With life and liberty for all who believe.” The. program was varied and full of interest. The fresh young voices raised in song as they were led by Florence Dow, filled the auditorium With melody. Instrumental and vocal numbers were given by members of the classes. A group of Mexican boys and - girls from Placentia sang, in Spanish and English, “ Jesus Loves the Little Children,” “I Wished I Could Sing,” and “ Fishers of Men,” after which a class of Negro children sang several beautiful. spirituals and re­ cited memory verses. Two 'lesson demonstrations, given by members of the classes, brought expressions of interest from' the audi­ ence. One young girl gave, in review, a summary of the lessons “From Egypt to Canaan” while her assistant at a large map traced the wanderings' of the Children of Israel. Another girl gave a description of the Tabernacle and. explanation of its significance while one of the boys, a fellow mem­ ber of her class, worked at the Scrip­ ture-graph board to • illustrate her message as she spoke. Back of those demonstrations lay h o u r s of time spent in individual classes in which the teacher had given the lesson with the visual-aid illustrations, and the pupils had been required to give it in review the following week. That the children had received a thorough, training in Bible fundamentals, and that these truths had become vital to them, was evidenced in those two sample review lessons. A ripple of interest moved the audi­ ence when a child, three and a half years of age, stepped forward for her part on the program. Both smiles and tears might have been seen on the faces of many as she quoted Scripture portions, slowly and in a childish fashion, but so clearly and distinctly that every one in the room could hear and understand as her voice was car­ ried over the amplifying system. Some there knew her story. One day, a teacher of the Fellowship had noticed this child and her mother as they were passing on the street and had" stopped to invite the little girl to her

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The Greatest Need of Russians is spiritu al. 180 M illion s in and 40 m illion s outside the U. S. S. R. absolutely need “ the gloriou s Gospel o f the blessed God. Prisoners of War g ra te fu lly accept the Bread of Ufe. Refugees, Orphans, Russian Jews in Po­ land, etc., need d a ily bread. W e send m on th ly supplies as funds perm it. Russian Groups th rou gh ou t this continent clam antly, ch allen ge us to p rovide the Gospel In Russian languages. Funds ur­ g en tly needed fo r Russian Bibles, Evange­ lists, Relief. F u rth er in form ation in “Th e F rien d o f Russians” — sam ple free. Send correspondence and g ifts to Rev. F. J. Miles, International Secy., RUSSIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Inc., 1844 W, Monroe St., Room 2, Chicago, III.

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