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and the worker, knowing th a t “ God’s ways are not m an’s ways” could not bu t rejoice th a t she had all unknow ingly broken the Hospital rules in visit ing a p atien t w ithout permission. The Rom anist Problem . “The law of the Lord is perfect, con verting the soul.” T hank God th a t in the m idst of apostasy and unbelief, we have th e Word of the Lord which is perfect, and through SPANISH its proclam ation and WORK in strum en tality souls are being converted to th e Lord. I t 1 has been a source of g reat joy to see those who have been brought up in ignorance and superstition, accept the tru th and come into th e ligh t of the knowledge of th e glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Of course, th is is not done all in a moment, for we m ust re member th a t the Mexicans have not been favored w ith an open Bible as have we in America, and many of them never saw a Bible or h eard its precious tru th s proclaimed un til they were driven from th e ir own land to the United S tates; and because of th is fact it takes time, pa tience, prayer and perseverance in deal ing w ith them . However, if we fain t not we are rew arded in seeing them come into th e light, for th e prom ise is ever tru e “The entrance of thy Word giveth ligh t.” Let no one ever try to persuade souls w ithout using the Sword of th e Spirit. U nfortunately many Christians, in dealing w ith a Romanist, w;ll try to combat th eir erro r and through arg u m ent seek to convince them , bu t this method will never do. If ever one needs to be as wise as a serpent and as harm less as a dove, it is in dealing w ith these false religions. P ro testan ts are often refused a hearing because it is said they do not believe in ihe Virgin. Of course, they are told th is by their priests, and sometimes an u n taugh t P ro testan t, in reply to th is question, will imm ediately answer “No,” and when you have once made th a t reply, you have closed the door of entrance to th a t h ea rt for the message. F o r the benefit of those who have oc casion to deal w ith Romanists, let us say th a t the best methoo of answering th eir question “ Do you believe in th e
V irgin M ary?” is to open th e Bible, tu rn to Luke 1:26-38, read it, and then read the 46 th to the fj 6 th verses. A 3 you read you will see a change in the countenance of th e listeners, and they are ready to h ear w hat you have to say fu rth e r.. A fter you have read th is por- ' tion of Scripture, it is well to call th eir atten tion to the confession of Mary con tained in verses 46 and 47, and then you can preach Jesus unto them , using Luke 2:1-20 and Matt. 1:18-21. Never say to them th a t you do not believe in the Virgin, bu t read these Scriptures to them and from it prove to them th a t Jesus is th e only Saviour whereby we must be sa \ed , and th a t Mary herself so proclaims Him. It has been our privilege to disarm many w ith th e wise use of th e Word in th is way, and many have confessed th a t they never saw it in th is way be fore, because “they knew not the Scrip tu res nor the power of God.” Recently it was our privilege to visit a little Mexican Church outside of Los Angeles where we gave two Gospel mes sages and in response to the invitation to accept Christ two women and th ree men made definite decisions to accept Him as th e ir Saviour. To Him be all th e glory. It has been laid upon our h earts to try and help the Mexican Christians, irrespective of denom ination, into a bet te r knowledge of the Scriptures, and to th is end we have established a monthly Bible Conference on Fundam entals, to be held in the Lower Auditorium of the Bible In stitu te th e second Spnday of each month from two to five o’clock. In October we held our first conference w ith an attendance,of about th irty , some new converts coming from four differ ent towns outside of Los Angeles, the speakers being th ree retu rn ed mission aries from C entral and South America. When we proposed having th e confer ence every month, they were highly pleased. We believe th a t afte r being brought out from Roman superstition and error, it is necessary to safeguard th e new converts from the erro rs th a t are being so freely propagated among them such as Spiritualism , Russellism and Seventh Day Adventism. We covet your prayers th a t God may make this departm ent of the In stitu te work a blessing to all the Mexicans w ithin our reach. Robert H. Bender, Supt.
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