152 t p ra y in g in th is class, w as con v erted this last w eek .’* T h e follow ing w eek, w ith ra d ia n t face, she a d d ed : “A n d this w eek m y sister w as saved. O u r hom e is now u n ited fo r God.** W hile rid in g in th e c ars a n d re ad in g the S crip tu re, o n e of o u r Bible w om en w as ask ed if she w ere a R ussellite, a s th o u g h only R ussellites re ad G od’s W ord. T his op en ed u p th e w ay fo r co n v ersatio n w hich lasted p e rh a p s fifteen o r tw en ty m inutes, b u t long e n o u g h fo r th e H oly S p irit to open h e r eyes a n d reveal to h e r th e tru th , w hich she accep ted , giving u p Russelism . A s th ey p a rte d she gave th e Bible w om an h e r n am e a n d address, th a n k in g h e r over a n d ov er a g ain th a t sh e h a d m et her. N ot b ein g able to find th e n um b er fo r w hich she w as looking on a c ertain street, th e Bible w om an sto p p ed a t a house to en q u ire of th e o n e living th ere . A dear, sw eet old g ra n dm o th er an sw ered th e bell a n d th e w om an th en knew th a t th e L ord h a d sen t h e r th ere . By a sk in g one o r tw o q u estions she fo u n d th a t th e old lady had n e v er a cc ep te d C h rist as h e r S aviour, a l th o u g h she w ould be 75 y e a r s .of a g e in a few m onths. In h e r y o u n g w om anhood shfe h a d m a rried a n a g n o stic a n d to keep p e ac e sh e h a d given u p going to c h u rch a n d h a d raised a larg e fam ily in th e sam e w ay. S he felt she w as now too old, h av in g p u t off h e r soul’s salvation all these years, a lth o u g h she k new she h a d no t m u ch lo n g er to live a n d w as going to a C hristless grave. In h e r childhood days h e r m o th e r h ad m ade h e r, w ith th e o th er children, comm it to m em ory th e fo u r Gos pels, a n d as th e Bible w om an re p ea te d th e different verses of S crip tu re, th e old lady w ould stop h e r a n d sa y : “W ait, dearie,** th en sh e w ould finish th e verse, saying: “You b rin g b a ck to m y rem em b ran ce th e verses 1 lea rn ed w hen 1 w as a child a n d w hich 1 h ad forgotten,** fulfilling th e p ro m ise -o f Jo h n 14:26. W h a t a blessed tim e th ey h a d w hen she finally said, “ 1 a cc ep t H im , now,** a n d a fte r re ad in g R om ans 10:9-10, to “ confess Him,** she said, “ T h a t w ill b e h a rd , b u t I will.** W ith th e tea rs stream in g dow n h e r cheeks she th an k e d th e visitor, declaring, “ God sen t y o u here this afternoon.**
T H E K IN G ’S B U S IN E S S
W ORK IN TH E SHO PS AND CA R BARNS T h e a n n u a l re p o rt of Mr. Lewis* shop w o rk w as in ad v e rte n tly om itted from o u r F e b ru a ry n um b er. It is full of in te restin g incidents b u t tells only a m ea g er p a r t of th è g re a t w o rk in b eh alf of m an y m en who h e a r th e Gospel of g ra ce only from th e lips of him w ho goes w h e re th ey a re a n d lovingly m inisters in th e m idst of th eir daily - toil. T h e y e a r has b een one of real blessing. Tw o new p re a c h in g statio n s have b een opened. M any of th e m en a re now tak in g p e rso n al in te re st in th e services an d som e of them c a rry to th e ir hom es th e m essages given them . T h e follow ing is a sum m ary of th e re p o rt: N um ber of inside m eetings.................. 281 A tte n d a n c e ........................ 14,593 A v erag e . a tte n d an c e ............................... 52 S tre e t m eetings.......................................... 33 A tten d a n ce ................................................ 4,029 D ealt w ith p e rso n ally ....................................291 R equests fo r p ra y e r........................... . 1 1 1 R eclaim ed ............................................ 20 Professed conversion .............................. 75 T rac ts, booklets a n d G ospels............... 2,328 L etters w ritte n .......................................... 46 V isits m ade........................................ 69 Fam ilies u n ited .......................................... 2 Mr. Lew is is p lan n in g fo r e n la rg ed w o rk this y e ar. Mrs. Lew is is one of o u r Bible w om en a n d h e r su p p lem e n tary w o rk in th e hom es of th e m en is a g re at help to th e w o rk in th e shops. W ORK A T SAN PEDRO HARBOR. O scar Z im m erm an n re p o rts co n cern in g th e h a rb o r w o rk fo r Ja n u a ry : Tw enty- eig h t vessels visited, th re e m eetings held, eighty-nine books, tw enty-five Gospels, one T estam en t a n d 3 7 6 tra c ts given aw ay. T h e re w ere six conversions in p erso n al w o rk a n d five in th e m eetings. Services w ere held in D anish, Sw edish a n d N o r w egian by stu d en ts of th e Institute. T h ere is o p p o rtu n ity fo r larg e developm ent of this w ork, th e w ay b eing open fo r m uck public a n d p e rso n al w ork.
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