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“Some time ago I entered your church for the noon prayer meeting. I had a heavy heart and troubled mind, for I was a great sinner. My stepfather a Jew, my mother an ignorant Roman Catholic, I had never had proper training. I heard of your noon day meeting, and was curious to see and hear. Oh, I wanted help; needed help for soul, mind and body. The service was interesting and instructive to me. I won dered all through the hymn, sermon and prayers: ‘Will Jesus save me? Will He blot out my sins? Will Jesus wash me in His precious blood?’ How I longed and prayed for Jesus to lift me up and make a worker out of me. I promised God that I would go out into the world and bring others to Him. From that day I have been a witness for the Lord. All my people have turned against me. God is my only friend and helper—no earthly props to lean o n - only the mighty arm of God who is able to lift me from earth to heaven. Jesus is able to heal soul, mind'and body. If He had not taken charge of me I would have lost my mind and haye been now either in the insane asylum, or in hell. Praise the Lord, I am now in my right mind, and I hasten to send you these lines' begging.you for your prayers that I may continue to grow in grace, as I want to become a soul-winner. I do hope God will use me among the sick and' afflicted.” FOUR RUNAWAYS One Saturday three boys came to the meeting and occupied the back seat; when the men went in to lunch they went also, Mr. Cole, the pastor’s assistant, found upon inquiry that the boys had all run away from their homes in a Mississippi city the week before. They were not only willing, but anxious to return home if the way were opened. There was another boy with them who hadn’t come into the meeting, making four in all, ages ranging from 12 to IS years. Mr. Cole telegraphed the mother of One of the boys, and the next morning the father of one, and the brother of an other, came and took them home. The next day we found that the father of the
that new members are not received into the League, either in Memphis or out of Mem phis. In this connection some very inter esting things happen. For instance, an old lady who has been an inmate of a Roman Catholic hospital for a year has sent in over 100 signed pledges, comprising doctors and patients in the hospital, coming from many States. Within the last few days a batch of pledges has come in signed by con victs of a State Farm in the; South. These signatures were gotten by a man who in the early part of his imprisonment felt very hard and bitter, but who is now living a very happy and useful,Christian life. Our Father has manifested Himself very graciously as the prayer-hearing and prayer-answering God. He has shown that no case is too hard for Him. A man came into my office, desperate and weeping. Between sobs he said: “Pray for me, for I am a sinner. My sister died and my brother committed suicide, but I have been afraid to think o f my own con dition for fear I should be forced to the conclusion that they were both lost.” Earn est prayer was made at once and for some time thereafter at the noon prayer meeting. Soon after he made a bright profession of religion and entered very heartily upon the Lord’s work. He shows much evidence that the Lord has called him to preach and is on-fire for the salvation of souls. Before leaving for his vacation this sum mer he came to my office and said: “If Jesus means so much to me, He ought to mean something to the other members of my family. I want you to pray for them.” While he was away the good news came to us that his sixty-year-old mother and two sisters had confessed Christ as their Savior, and that his father was almost persuaded to take the same step. This young man has been getting along wonderfully well in a business way. A recent letter says: “I have been appointed manager of Mr. Blank’s store. Please pray for me that I may make good.” A GRATEFUL WOMAN A letter signed “Mary Magdalene” says:
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