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THE KING’S BUSINESS
home. We listen to his side of the story, and to hers, and meet the one who has come between them. Four hours of fierce fighting ere we can leave, only to start in again the following morning, but God will yet be glorified even in this case. Another of our boys, in a day or two, will walk all the way to the gallows with a lad only 21, who will pay the debt to the State for his crime, never leaving him till the soul is at home with God, whose pre
out the usual waiting and preparation; even at the last moment deprived of the usual body of helpers, but with a real heart-cry to Him, we went forth; and, oh, how His presence fairly filled the place, and what a joy it was to pluck some of the precious fruit after the battle and lay it at His dear feet! But this only made one more hungry to pluck something more from the old wreck, and in the afternoon had the added joy of seeing one of our fire laddies
A Noon Shop Meeting
cious blood can make even a murderer white as snow. Thank God, where sin doth abound, grace doth much more abound, and through all man’s awful ruin, God still overrules and will be satisfied as He sees the travail of His soul. Our God is still on the throne, and still hears and answers prayer. Before going to a recent meeting we were interrupted and obliged to start with-
receive the Lord Jesus as his own personal Saviour, with still two more before we threw our tired bodies down for rest at midnight. Oh, so tired in the work, but, praise His name, never tired of the work. This hand-to-hand, and heart-to-heart per sonal work, is the very greatest business in all the world, for it always yields the best results.
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