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would all stand before Him who loved and gave Himself for1us. So our meetings began with a soldier boy enlisting under the banner of Him who never lost a battle, and finally ended with another won for Him. We have been much refreshed on return ing from our vacation, in visiting the boys in the shops, carbarns and fire-engine houses, and seeing so many going on hap pily growing in grace and the knowledge of the Lord, and many pleasant surprises have greeted us as we have seen the wideness of
the working of His Holy Spirit during our absence. One, writing from Arizona, says: “I met a man here who was well acquainted with you; in fact, spoke of you as a pal, said you had helped him more than anyone in his life. He used to work at one of the large shops in Los Angeles.” These incidents, we believe, encourage faith and constrain those, who like Epaphras “labor with us in prayer,” to take fresh hold on God for greater things still in the near future.
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taken by disease and died a few days after ward. Both her husband and herself were nearly wild with grief and were earnestly seeking consolation. Her spiritualist friends told her they would bring the boy’s spirit back to her; and the Christian Scientists said that her child had never died-, but she looked into the worker’s face with an expression not to be forgotten, as she said, “I have stood at his grave, and I know he is dead." She was shown that the only place to find comfort was at the dear Lord’s feet, and upon being asked if she would accept Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Saviour, she dropped to her knees and cried out, without further invitation, “Oh I will, I will!” It will seem strange to many that right among us are people who do not under stand Bible language when they hear it, and still are not ignorant people. A worker had been urged to call on a certain young woman and if possible speak to her of her need of salvation. After several calls we found her and she was easily led to speak of her need. As we turned to the Word together, she said, “Do you know, I never read in the Bible before, and I can not seem to understnd what these words even mean.” She knew nothing about
blessed experience of leading souls to a personal Saviour, the Bible women are frequently privileged to see evidences of real Christian development and growth in the lives of those with whom they have been dealing. The other day, a babe in Christ, some five months old, came telling the story of a marvellously-answered prayer. Her hus band, with several others, had received a telegram to be in readiness to report to the Army headquarters at San Francisco. The wife went to her knees for a long season of prayer that he might be sent nearer, as there were reasons which made this seem wiser. She then met her hus band down town and was told of the tele gram he had just received ordering him to Arcadia (fifteen miles away) while every other member of the party was sent to San Francisco. Upon investigation, it was found that the telegram was dictated at the very time the wife rose from her knees! The worker was, called from her room, being told that there was a lady in great spiritual distress waiting to see her. Her story was quickly told. The oldest of two manly, sturdy boys had been suddenly
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