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T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S Now this was going a little too strong for us, for Fanny Crosby— blessed soul—while, blind of sight here, had a heavenly vision and knew where she was going. Dear old saint! You couldn’t have persuaded her to touch a ouija board. So after reading four columns of newspaper write up, we. came to the conclusion that a cog had slipped somewhere. Poor Priestess ! She has the pin. And, poor Ella ! She had the heart ache and longed to hear from Robert. And this is a sample of the tommy- rot called Spiritualism. God save our children from the despair of dark ened, deluded souls ! “ With wistful eye,” says “ The Sword and Trowel,” “ the Lord’s poeple have been watching the vast country of Russia, and for many months have wondered what was happening to Christian work and people there. At last news comes to hand of a most stirring and encouraging character, and we feel our prayers are being answered beyond all expectation. It appears that the Soviet government puts no obstacles in the way of the person or activity of any evangelical movement. They are allowed to freely prosecute their work.” One Russian pastor says, “ We now need tens of thousands of pastors. Many churches and sanctuaries will be turned over to us for Gospel pur poses. Priests of Greek and Catholic churches are in great disappointment and despair. The people are fleeing from them in masses, but with us at every meeting, when a call is made for repentance, sinners come forward to accept Jesus Christ.” Madame Yasnovsky, whom I had the pleasure of meeting in London, and who has been an earnest Christian worker in Petrograd during the past ten or twelve years, writes to an English friend in a letter June 20, 1920, “ We had a convention in Moscow a little while ago, and I carried away such an impression of God bringing a great awakening into our poor country of which we have had no conception until now. Whole districts are being brought to Christ, and the demand for Bibles and spiritual litera ture is growing greater and greater. There are signs of a coming revival which, to my mind, shall sweep through the whole of Europe, taking its beginning here. A great awakening is coming on in .the people. The demand for evangelists is coming from all sides of Russia. We cannot get sufficient Bibles, so great is the demand for .them. “ We often have conversions and baptisms, and members unite with us. Many of our members have gone to other provinces seeking bread, but we thought it better to stay here, and do God’s work, trusting that He will provide. “ One time I thought I would die for I had only bones left on my emaciated body, but since I am here in the Dom Evangelia (their church building) I feel better, as I get bread.” With these glad tidings of spiritual revival there is the sad side of great physical need. If one has read a recent article in the ‘‘Saturday Evening Post,” one is made to wonder how anybody in Petrograd can get T. C. H. G o o d n e w s from Russia
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