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there was'to be a meeting at our home for Jews, he decided to go, partly out of curios ity and partly to have a chance to argue about Christianity, and as he i afterwards said, “to give those people a piece of his mind.” But though he “came to scoff’- he remained to pray” for at the close of the meeting he was so impressed by the mes sage and by the testimonies of other Heb rew Christians, that he not only had now no desire to scoff, but, after talking with one of the workers, he himself accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour, and went home rejoicing in his new-found Messiah. He has proven to be a very satisfactory convert and already has been baptized and joined a church. He is on fire with mis sionary zeal and intends in the very near future to prepare himself for missionary work among his own people, the Jews. as one after another has been added to His church, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail. How the precious name of Jesus thrills our hearts with joy, and how perfectly He satisfies the hungry soul. The calls have been very great during these past weeks, but He has given strength and grace for them all. Here comes a telephone message, “Please come at once—I’m in great trou ble,” and we find a poor, crippled wife and listen for hours to the sad story of neglect and desertion and perfidy—with the poor frame shaken and the tears rolling down her cheeks—a story too terrible to put into words. How low God’s highest created intelligence is capable of falling, and how blessed it is to bring Jesus with His tender, compassionate, healing touch, to such a heart. He is the one who will help—what a Saviour! Then swiftly comes a call from another
and took great delight in arguing about religion. One night he dreamed that his mother who had died some time before appeared to him and rebuked him for the dishonest life he was leading. So strong was the impression made on him by the dream that he left the circus for good. Up to this time he had not known what it was to want for money, but now he was with out an occupation, without money and una ble to find work. In his extreme heed he cried out, “O, God, help me,” and imme diately afterward rebuked himself for call-, ing upon God in whom he did not believe. About this time he came in touch with a Christian who reasoned with him from the Jewish Scriptures, showing him that Mes siah had come already, and that Jesus of Nazareth was he. Later on, he attended a service at the Church of the Open Door and left that service with the firm convic tion that he was a sinner. Hearing that T T IS written of the earthly ministry of -*■ our Lord Jesus that the common people heard Him gladly, and surely human hearts are just the same down through the intervening centuries, for they yet hear Him gladly. We thank God that we find a hearty response as we go in and out among the poor and the hard-working laboring men and women with the “story that never "grows old.” One great big fel low could only say over and over again, “I’m through—Jesus take me—I’m through.” Not exactly such a prayer as that offered by a very well known and eminent man, which the papers reported as “the most eloquent prayer ever offered to a Boston audience,” but undoubtedly poor old Tom’s prayer reached higher, for it came from the heart and went to the heart of God. We have, by God’s grace, had another wonderful month, and have praised Him
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