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plain the way of salvation. After an hour spent over the Word, the tangles were straightened out and the Bible woman left, rejoicing that one who had wandered from the fold had returned to the Father’s ldve. The afternoon had been most discourag ing. One after another had seemed so indifferent to the claims of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some had blasphemed the Holy Name, saying they did not believe; God was only a myth, conjured up in the frenzied brain of some fanatics. Others had said the-Bible was only ancient history and not at all accurate even as history. The worker was almost discouraged and prayed God to lead to some one who would really listen; someone who wanted the truth. Just as she prayed, she saw a young woman sitting on the porch. Going up, with an introductory remark about making Christmas presents, the Bible woman entered into conversation and found a soul hungry for the truth. At last the question was put, “Do you want this Saviour for yourself?” Dropping her work she said, E'VANGELIST George P. Wicker, who, with his wife, is representing the Christian Endeavor Society of the Church of the Open Door in some of the neglected and unreached counties of California, writes as follows: “Few of us realize that right near us in our own State lies a field that is “white to the harvest,” where the cross of Christ nas seldom or ever been lifted up, and where, in many communities, children have grown to manhood and womanhood without the Opportunity of attending either church or Sunday School. I talked to one woman who had never attended a Sunday School or church service until after she married, had children of her own and moved to another community. These people have souls, but “how shall they hear without a preacher?” The dif-
oh, so earnestly, “I do, but I do not know how to do it.” Then the Bible woman had the joy of showing to this seeking soul, Jefus who had done it all, showing her there was nothing to do; that all had been done on Calvary long ago; and there on the porch, with heads bowed in prayer, another soul came home and gave herself in glad surrender to Him who loved her and who had died for her. Heard in the Bible classes:' “My father was a minister, and two uncles are also, but I never read the Bible as I do now. It is a new Book to me, and oh, so precious.” Said another: “I tried to read the Bible through alone, but it was such hard work. Now, as I study, things are so much clearer and have so much mean ing.” Still another said: “I never knew the Old Testament held so much for us. One can gdt the Gospel in the Old as well as in the New Testament. It is wonderful how much we can find when God shows the way.” Evangelist ferent denominations have not shirked their responsibility, but have reached as far as their finances would allow, and many faithful pastors have taken on extra work in an effort to reach out into these neglected places. One pastor whom I met, already having two charges seventeen miles apart, preaching alternate Sundays, took four other communities under his wing, and had a call to come to still another, where a Gospel sermon had not been preached for twenty-five years. However, we find the devil is busy sending in Christian Science, Russellite, Seventh Day Adventist and other similar literature. [The Bible Institute will be glad to for ward funds for this much-needed and practically-organized work.—T. C. Horton, Supt.] In Mendocino County we have under-
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