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It is true that all that God requires is to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly before Him (Micah 6:8). But in order to do this it is necessary that man have a will that is surrendered and a faith in God which assures him of a divine power to be these things (Philippians 4:13). The Christian is a free man. He can go in and out and find pasture. The secular is sacred to him. He is not as the horse or the mule whose trappings must be bit and bridle. The love of Christ is his con straining force, and the eye of God guides him. When Admiral Foote invited the royal dignitaries of Siam to dine with him on his vessel, as his custom was, he asked a blessing upon the food. In surprise the king said, “We thought only missionaries did that.” “True,” answered the brave hero, “but every Christian should be a mis sionary.” The following statistics, compiled from the reports made at the last annual meeting of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, briefly summarize the work done through the Evangelistic Department and Student Body, during the year 1916: EVANGELISTIC DEPARTMENT Indoor meetings: Harbor 39, Jewish 57, oil fields 244, shop 618—total 958; total approximate attendance, 74,591; outdoor meetings 110, attendance 6150. At these meetings 6502 were personally dealt with. Sunday school classes taught: Harbor 10, Jewish 8, oil fields 62, shop 32, personal work 22—total 134.
When Sir William Ramsay began his investigation into the properties of radium, his letter box was filled almost to bursting with warnings from spiritualists, assuring him that the newly discovered metal iS an active agent of the supernatural. “Leave radium absolutely alone,” they implored him; “it is too potent a force of nature for you to tamper with.” He disregarded the warnings, and only the spiritualists and not the spirits themselves continued after ward to assail him. A true Christian cannot very well hide the Word of God and be silent when the occasion calls for speech. The Word of God will be, as in the case of Jeremiah, a fire in his bones so that he cannot but speak. Nothing can come through the door of the heart of man without man’s willing permission—nothing except death, and that comes not through the door but through the window, because man would never per mit it to enter his life if he could help it. For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces” (Jeremiah 9:21), Bible classes taught: Harbor 46„ Jew ish 47, oil fields 71, shop 13, personal work 7—total 2312. Other religious services—Harbor 2, Jew ish 26, oil fields 6, shop 15, personal work 32, Bible women 78—total 159. Personal interviews: Harbor 756, Jew ish 1311, oil fields 4231, shop 1581, personal work 2258, Bible women 4476—total 14,513 Professed conversions: Harbor 229, Jew ish 22, oil fields 20, shop 92, personal work 93, Bible women 279—total 735. Backsliders restored: Harbor 3, Jewish 3, oil fields 31, shop 17, personal work 52, Bible women 210—total 316.
------------O------------ BIBLE INSTITUTE RESULTS Illuminating Summary of Reports Showing Work Accomplished by the Evangelistic Department and Student Body During the Past Year.
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