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T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
May 1926
and the assurance that the Word would not return void, but as the hours passed and there was no rift in the leaden sky, it was with a feel ing of relief we finally closed our desk and made ready for home. Then, Just in God’s opportune time, something happened! As we reached the door, we looked into the face of a young man of about twenty-six— a fine, strong face, free from so much that we see in the faces of the average young fellow, hands hard and calloused, a strong body, clothed in an old soiled pair of jeans, a rough shirt, and a look of hopeless ness and utter discouragement and sorrow. Someone had given him our name; he was seeking work. A few words of sympathy encouraged him to open his heart and tell his story. There was nothing unusual in it. We are called to give a sympathetic hearing every day to men in similar circumstances. There had been the usual domestic trouble, which we need not go into now, only to say the little woman had proved unfaithful and left him. He was eating his heart out for her. The story was one of blasted hopes, of expectations crushed. He had headed this way through alluring ad-
BIOLA HALL WORK David Cant, Supt.—Our City MUaioh for Men in the center of Los Angeles. Meeting» con tinuous from 10 a. in. to 10 p. m. Noon-day Prayer Meeting.
class and one woman listened to the voice of the Holy Spirit and went out in search for souls. She found a poor woman who had been deep down in sin, and after prayer for her, she per suaded her to come to the Bible class. The plan o f salvation was given and the woman was under deep conviction. The teacher of the class dealt with her at the close of the session, but she said, ‘‘not tonight.” God’s claim upon her was pressed a little closer and she burst into tears and said: ‘‘Oh, I am such a sinner.” The teacher said, ‘‘But we are offering you a great Sav iour. ‘Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.’ “ Is that in the Bible?” asked the woman. “ Yes,” said the worker, "and this also: ‘I will separate your sins from you as far as the east is from the west.’ ” The woman fell on her knees and said: "I will accept Him.” She followed the worker, sentence by sen tence, in prayer, and soon arose with her face all aglow, exclaiming,'“ I am saved.” She confessed to many be fore she left the room, and to her hus band when she went home. She is now living a Christian life and giving her testimony for Him.
HE day had proved very try ing. The man on the street,' indifferent, listless and un concerned, would scarcely pause to catch the gist of the
speaker’s message. Even the man who everlastingly spends his time quib bling over questions of the law and endless babblings, vain and foolish, had deserted his post. Not a soul in -sight wanting to start something, broke the dead monotony, as the hours dragged by. The usual sprinkling of "down and outs” looking for a “ hand out” or “ a flop,” had one and all repeated their hard luck stories and taken themselves to more lucrative fields. . . Search as we would we couldn’t even find the fellow with the sarcastic grin who tries to disconcert the shy and timid be ginner as he mounts the platform to bear witness for his Lord. We hun gered to find some soul who was open to the message of redeeming grace, but the ground was hard and stony. We tried to encourage our hearts with the blessings of other days,
Is the work of the Euodia Clubs worth w h l ^ The ^ n ow ^ T h l’ Euodla Club ^eacher^mlght be^xpec?ed—tTthey do— give an emphatic Yes to the Question,— ana they their prayerful efforts, through the regular weekly Bible
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