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under the circumstances to overcome their prejudices and to present the true teach ing of Moses and the Prophets concerning the promised Messiah, sin and atonement, and left the home after what was an unsat isfactory and seemingly unprofitable inter view. Soon afterward the girl disappeared and was not seen again for a period of four years. A call for one of our workers to visit a Jewess who was staying in the home of some Christian people resulted in the worker being once more put in touch with her. But she was a changed girl, truly. God had brought influences into her life which had. softened her hard heart, removed her prejudices, and awakened in her a desire to know the truth.about spirit- itual things. She had been present at fam ily worship in the Christian home where she was staying, and had attended a num ber of Christian meetings, so when the worker again approached her concerning her relation to God, she found it an easy matter to lead her to receive Jesus Christ as her Lord and Saviour.
offered for him, and when last seen his encouraging answer was: “Yes, I am con fessing Christ now regardless of conse quences, and I believe it will not be long before my mother (who has been espe cially bitter against the missionaries) will also be converted. As we sow beside all waters, not knowing “whether this shall prosper or that, or whether they both shall be alike good,” we often sow seed that years afterward we find has borne fruit. Such was the case with a young Jewess who, when first approached concerning hey relation to God, very much resented what she thought was impertinence on the part of the missionary. She had a religion that was good enough for her and she had absolutely no inten tion of changing it, and furthermore and finally, she didn’t want to be bothered by any missionaries. Her father was exceed ingly bitter against Christianity and vented his spite in a torrent of abuse on their visitor. The worker did the best possible
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WORK AT BIOLA CLUB
Marion H. Reynolds, Supt.
are doing the fishing, and they will tell you that it is the hardest work one ever tried to do; and so, as with hearts full of the message of the Lord Jesus Christ, we engage- in this difficult work, we ask you to remember us as we tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love. The noonday meetings are proving a great blessing to many of the business men of this city, and you will rejoice to know that men are being saved here daily. We are keeping a lighthouse here for men who are wrecked on the troubled sea of life. Pray as you have never prayed before for God to awaken these men and bring them to Himself.
U pO L L O W me and I will make you r fishers of men,” our Master said. That is why the Biola Club has been placed here on this downtown street, where we can reach the most men for Him. When a fisherman goes fishing, if he wishes to catch anything, he goes to the place where they are, going prepared to bring home the fish. So as we follow the Master in the way He leads us, we must go prepared to catch the fish, and how grateful we are to the men and women, boys and girls, who each month remember us in prayer and in other ways stand behind us in this work. Fishing for men in the heart of the city may seem an easy task, but ask those who
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