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th e co rd ial relatio n s w hich existed b e tw een him self a n d his people» w ith th e Institu te, a n d u rg e d m u tu a l p ra y e r a n d fellow ship in th e g re at w o rk each w as d o ing. T h e p rin cip al addresses w e re m ade by D r. C. I. Scofield, e d ito r of th e Scofield Bible a n d a u th o r of th e Scofield C o rre sp o ndence C ourse. T h e a fte rn o o n sub je c ts w ere co n cern in g th e H oly Spirit* H is infilling a n d o u tw o rk in g life in th e b e liever. T h e evening them es w ere “ T h e M ysteries of th e New T estam en t.” W e do u b t if D r. Scofield ev er gave m essages of g re a te r pow er. T h e larg e a n d th o u g h t ful crow ds, th e in ten sely sp iritu a l a tm o sp h e re a n d th e evident sym p ath y of th e p eo p le w ith th e discourses com bined to m ak e it a p le a su re to speak. T h e L ord gave to D r. Scofield w on d erfu l m essages. T h ey w ere sim ple, but. p ro fo u n d , a n d em b ra ce d m an y of th e deep th in g s of God. D r. T o rre y sp o k e w ith his u su al fe rv o r a n d clearness u p o n th e su b ject of th e H oly S p irit. D r. W . C. S h erm an of B erkeley, P ro fesso r H ow ard W . K ellogg of O cci d en tal C ollege, a n d D r. J. Q . A . H e n ry b ro u g h t m essages of in te re st a n d in stru c tion. T h e days p assed all too quickly, b u t th ey b ro u g h t blessing to h u n d re d s of souls. W e have h ad m an y expressions of g ra ti tu d e from a p p rec ia tiv e perso n s w ho w ere privileged to en jo y this p recio u s sea son of C h ristian fellow ship a ro u n d th e W o rd of God. T h e offerings w ere sub sta n tia l a n d p ra ctic a lly covered th e ex penses, w hich w ere q u ite large. W e a re lo o k in g fo rw a rd to still la rg e r th ings nex t y e a r in o u r ow n A ud ito rium . BIBLE WOMEN ’S NOTES. A w ife com plained to one of th e w o rk ers th a t sh e a n d h e r h u sb an d h a d q u a r reled, th a t h e w as selfish a n d in co n sid er ate, a n d she decided th ey w ould sep arate. T h e w o rk e r q u estioned h e r a n d fou n d she w as neg lectin g h e r Bible a n d p ra y e r. A fte r a p lain ta lk o v e r G od’s W o rd a n d p ra y e r sh e ask ed forgiveness fo r herself, a n d as she rose from h e r knees, exclaim ed: “ I
guess 1 can forgive m y h u sb a n d now .” A full reco n ciliatio n w as th e result. O n e of o u r Bible w om en, doing a ten d ays' d e p u ta tio n w o rk n e a r S an F rancisco, g a th e re d a good h a rv est fo r o u r L ord. In o n e larg e college fo r w om en a n um b er of th e y o u n g w om en, in spite of th e ir a c know ledged in tellectu ality , w ere b ro u g h t o u t of h e a th e n d a rk n ess in to G od's light, w ere rescued from false do ctrin es, o r w ere m ade stro n g o u t a n d o u t follow ers o f o u r L ord. T h e ir n eed w as v aried, b u t all sum m ed u p in a n ig n o ran c e of God’s W ord, w hich h a d been u tte rly neglected by them a n d w hich a lo n e could m ake of th em a new C reation. In a n e a r tow n a need y c h u rch w as revived, th e p a sto r s w o rk given new im p e tu s a n d all m ade glad b y a th re e days* w o rk a n d evening m eetings w ith a dis- p en satio n al c h art. T h e w om en gladly a c cep ted th e p ro p o se d avenues of service a n d th e w hole c h u rch acknow ledged th a t m uch of th e ir w o rk h a d n o t b een done on th e ir knees. W e believe n e x t y e a r w ill be a fru itfu l one fo r th a t ch u rch , a s th ey a re of one acco rd , in p ra y e r, su pplication a n d faith. It is m arvelous how th e life sto ries of G od's g ra ce b egun h e re w ill go on u n fold in g th ro u g h all etern ity . A w om an w ho h ad b een led to Jesus b y one of o u r w o rk ers, a fte r com ing o u t clearly h erself and w itnessing to h e r n eig h b o rs of th e jo y of h av in g Jesu s dw elling in th e h e a rt, sent th e tra c ts a n d books given h e r to h e r b ro th e r in M innesota. H e w ro te b a ck th a t h e h ad found p e ac e a n d jo y in Jesus C h rist th ro u g h re ad in g them . L a te r h e w ro te th a t six of his m ates in th e lum b e r cam p h ad b een saved th ro u g h his efforts, a n d now th ey w ere to have a m issionary com e to th em a n d have services in th e cam p. A n d th u s God’s g race is m anifested in u n e n d in g circles. In o n e of th e Bible classes fo r girls a definite p a rt of th e h o u r is devoted to giv in g req u ests fo r p ra y e r a n d p re sen tin g th o se re q u ests to th e F a th e r. Tw o w eeks ego, m re p o rtin g answ ers to these p ra y ers, one girl said : “ I w a n t to p ra ise G od b e cause m y fa th e r, fo r w hom w e h av e been
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