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found friend to come to fier home.- Two weeks later the Bible woman was welcomed and taken to the bedside of the sixteen-year- old daughter, who exclaimed, “ I’ve read the little Book through twice and am so glad to see you.” -After making a joyful con fession of Jesus Christ as her Sayiour she said, “As soon as I’m up I’m conning to your Bible,.cla^ss to learn, and mamma is coming with me.” The iiiolher is very near the -kingdom and cannpt fail to enter in. .-„¡A striking instance of the power of pray er is related by; one of our Bible women. Some three months ago a minister in-the city was very much touched by the account in a morning paper of some young girls who had been arrested in a raid on. a dis orderly house. He was led to Send the clipping to the Chaplain at the County Hos pital, and to continue in prayer for thé Mars Hill is, a very active center for Christian wofbefs. livery man there has something to .do in this great Harvest Field. A street meeting is held every Sunday af ternoon. Then follows the Stimson Boot- black Sunday School from 12:30 to 1:45 p. m., where the bootblacks and the newsboys come together in numbers almost totaling the century mark and commit the Word of God to memory as their Sunday School les son. They, wer.e a sight on the Sunday following. Thanksgiving as they feasted on turkey. At two o’clock p. m. the Mars Hill Bible Class, which .numbers, seventy-five men, gathers for an houris study of „the Word. This is a :uniqyh gathering. . No need of moving pictures or entertainments of any Kind. No paid ohdir, no not even a special Soloist is necessary.. At three p. m. the Yokefellows have their open-air meeting, where from thirty to fifty young men stand on the sfreet and bear witness, to the Gos pel that it is indeed the power of God unto salvation. This meeting is-closed only to give way to (he Yokefellows and “broke- fellows’ ” supper at five p. m., where the
girls. Two of them were sent to the Coun ty Hospital, where our Bible woman found them. * They were both Catholics and at first were unwilling to listen to anyone who taught thé Protestant faith. But gradually they were interested, heard the W ord and yielded themselves in full surrender to Jesus Christ. The change was very marked, each girl testifying..on ¡many[occasions to the great change that had ’ corile •>. Into her life. They not only believed ■;God’s Word that they were saved, but they had the Witness of the, Spirit in their own hearts and, knew it to. he; so. . From .the first a great love- for the- Word was, manifested— a remarkable interest in it—and their in fluence in the ward was so felt that The Other girls.bore testimony.to thdriinfluehce upon them. Surely .the ..Old.Gospel has tost none of its power and anew we aîfc asâured that God hears and answers prayer. . broke-fellows’’ arc invited -in from - the street that they may not ‘only partake of 'a free meal, but that .they may also receive the Gospel o f Jesus Christ, without money and without price. At 5:45 the large street meeting is be gun, where hundreds gather to listen to the Word of God-asrit is faithfully and loving ly presented. . This meeting is continued until the speaker is exhausted and is forced to stop. Souls are saved daily. § • W illiam M ullen , Superintendent. The great majority of the men saved at Yokefellows’. Hall are without a permanent address and we are handicapped in “ fol low-up” work, but we often are reminded that the Lord has saved them and “ H e1is able to keep them from falling.” It depends upon the viewpoint. “What do you come down here for? What good do you do, if you do not help a fellow out ?*' said a man when we' had refused to supply him with money for a bed. ■“ O how much I thank you for what you’ve done for me,” came from the'lips of another man'that -^
The Yokefellow’s Work
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