THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NESS ten weeks for a boat to Mombasa. We bad many opportunities for service while at Durban. Held Open-air serv ices with the soldiers most every night. We also visited many Mission stations of the American Zulu Mission. We have also had the opportunity of seeing many beautiful sights. Africa is a very beau tiful place. I thought it was all jungle but it is far from that. After ten long weeks of waiting we were able to get passage on the Steam ship “ Taroba” . Some were timid about going on the water again, but the Lord took all the dread away. Nothing but the grace of God could ever prompt one to go on the water again after such an experience as ours. It is wonderful how one can put their trust in Him and all fear vanishes. We have many experiences ahead of us, but I know that His grace is suffic ient. The enemy tried first of all to prevent us from leaving home, next he tried to send us to the bottom of the ocean, but he was defeated again. He cannot destroy our lives, they are hid with Christ in God. Next he sought to bring sickness upon some of our party. We were forced to leave three of our party behind in Durban on account of sickness. Since coming to Kijabe four others of our party have had Typhoid fever. I am one of the four. Have passed through many exper iences since leaving home, and have been denied many privileges that I enjoyed at home, but I do not care to give up my work out here and come back home. I believe this is where the Lord wants me. I told the people of Cape Town at the Baptist church one night after the ship wreck “ If I didn’t believe I was in the biggest business in the world, and in the place the Lord wanted me, I would take the next boat back to America.” Yours in His Service, BENJ. P. HARTER.
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HOW FRIENDS ARE LOST He was always wounding their feelings, making sarcastic or funny remarks at their expense. He was cold and reserved in his man ner—cranky, gloomy, pessimistic. He was suspicious of everybody. He never threw the doors of his heart wide open to people, nor took them into his confidence. He was always ready to receive assis tance from them, but always too busy or too stingy to assist them in their time of need. He regarded friendship as a luxury to be enjoyed instead of an opportunity for service. He never learned that implicit, gener ous trust is the very foundation stone of friendship. He never thought it worth while to spend time in keeping up his friendships. He did not realize that friendship will not thrive on sentiment alone, that there must be service to nourish it. He did not know the value of thought fulness in little things. He borrowed money from them. He was not loyal to them. He never hesitated to sacrifice their reputation for his advantage. He measured them by their ability to advance him.— Success. WHAT GRACE DOES Rowland Hill was introduced to an aged Scotch minister, who looked at him some time, and then said, “Weel, I’ve been look ing for some time at your face.” “And what do you think of it?” asked Mr. Will “Why, I am thinking had not the grace of God changed your heart you would have been a rogue.” Mr. Hill laughed and said, “You have hit the nail on the head.”
Ps. 84:11. Isa. 45:2.
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