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and useful members of our church. She is a full-blooded Greek. One week the meetings were led by peo ple of the Memphis Blind Shop. T. B. King, superintendent, spoke ori Monday. On Tuesday a man, stone-blind; delivered the address. This was the first time a blind person had spoken at the meetings. A noon prayer meeting calendar has been published with a text for every day of the year. These texts are usually read at the meeting, and it was a striking coincidence that the text on the day the blind man spoke was: “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom though now ye see him not, yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeak able and full of glory.” ' RICH AND POOR The democracy of this movement is very impressive. I have been Strongly impressed sometimes to see ladies of wealth and prominence coming in theif automobiles to the meetings, and going up the church steps at the same time with cripples just out of the City Hospital,1without money, home, friends or health. The sight impresses me with the text, “The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the maker of them all.” Almost every day quite a number of people want to see me privately after the meeting, sometimes representing families of wealth, and sometimes down to the very poorest. During recent months letters have been received, illustrating this truth in a very forceful way. One was from a man about 65 years old, who had been taking our free lunches for a while, and then decided to go to Arkansas to pick cotton. He was furnished money to cross the river, and soon after wrote that he was happily at work picking cotton, but had not forgotten the noon meetings, and asking that we pray for his success. In about two weeks he wrote again: “I would like to see you; I trust you will remember me in your prayer meeting; write often to your friend and brother,” The other case was that of one of America’s greatest preachers, who, on account of overwork, had a serious break-
happily married, and is very active in church work. This letter, comes from a man who is exceedingly grateful for a small favor: “Dear Brother Co'x: Along about.the first of March this year I came to you at the church and borrowed a dollar because I was. in great need, and you gave me the money* freely. I am now sending you the money back, because I have not forgotten yOu, neither has my wife. We have had some mighty hard bumps since that time, but most of them are forgotten. We only wish to remember the good and let the bad pass out. ShoUld we ever return to Mem phis, which is quite probable, we will call upon you. If there is any service we can render you at this great distance, we shall count it a great privilege to be permitted to serve you. Wishing you a most happy Christmas and a uSeful New Year, We are, sincerely yours.” This man is now manager of a film agency in a northern city. MONEY HELPS An Episcopalian friend, who was badly in need of $50 to save his home, made a request one day. God answered this prayer through some one who was at the meeting. After he had repaid the loan he came to give a testimony of thanks, but was too full for utterance and had to get some one else to give the message for him. Some wonderfully good work has been done by small loans, at a time when the need was very urgent. A letter came one day from a very superior little woman, that she was in deep trouble and did not wish to apply to the Associated Charities unless it was absolutely necessary. My wife and I went to call on her and found them living in one room, everything neat and clean, and a bright little bOy sick with pneumonia. After prayer I handed her $2, and she said, “Husband, you Can now get the prescription filled.” The husband seized the prescrip tion from the dresser and hurried to the drug store. The little boy recovered and by our help the husband has been able to get work. He and his wife are now happy
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