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pie to carry His Word to the “regions be yond.” You may be sure I received with great pleasure the news of the prayer band for South America and that these also had their faces set toward this “Land of Great Op portunities.” I would be glad indeed to welcome a large number of them in my “neighborhood.” There is certainly room here for many more, especially men who can itinerate through the towns and vil lages distributing the Scriptures and telling the “Good News” of salvation. Pray for us that the Gospel may soon be sounded out throughout all this region, and for me that I may “fulfill the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus” and, as much as in me is, to declare the good news of His grace. With Christian greeting to all, I am, in the work of the Gospel, Very sincerely yours,, L ela E asley . Casilla 698, Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America. Among the Mormons. I thought you would be glad to get a line from us to hear of our work out here. I have four towns on my “circuit”—Mo dena, Newcastle, Beryl, Lund. We have nice, attentive audiences and the Word of our God is a great Power. “There is no word void of Power,” and if we exalt our Lord He has promised to “draw all men.” I often feel He is “drawing” men and wo men when I endeavor to give them His message, and what a Message 1 Certainly we are greatly blessed to be able to give out the glad news of the kindness of Go’d. The message of reconciliation 1. I am just organizing some Bible Classes at Modena, where we will seek to give the milk of the Word at first and later “strone meat.” Man’s ruin and1God’s remedy, cer tainly a grand theme. Though all we— have gone astray, yet Blessed Be His Name with His stripes we are healed. Beau tiful words, "are healed,” not hoping to be, but are. Ye who once were afar off. are made nigh by the, Blood of Christ. Oh
that we might live nearer to Him 1 That \ is my heart’s desire. I preach at Lund, Utah, fourteen miles north, this evening. We need two organs badly up here. I can play and it would be a help to have one, a portable one would be such a help. W. F rank S helley . We trust that some of our friends mav be led to supply a portable organ. One can be furnished by our Book Department for $15.00. T. C. H. Bible Women’s Notes. A soul has been won for Christ at each session of the High School Class, held near the school every Wednesday afternoon. Souls are more hungry for the truth and the way of salvation than the Lord’s chil dren are ready to tell of it. One of our church Bible classes has more than doubled in number in a few weeks and a young man of this class has determined to enter the Institute to fit himself for. definite Christian work. What seems a mistake often ends in ful filling some sure plan of God. A sudden call to a young womanj victim of a terrible accident, was answered. She was reported to be unsaved and dying. The Bible wo man found her trusting fully in Christ’s atoning work, but the nurse in attendance had sad need of Christian ministry and was ready for the message. The Bible woman found only one girl in the Detention Home that Sunday even ing, a cold, willful, flippant girl, with a saucy smile. This was at six o’clock; at seven-thirty a sweet, young girl, with a will completely broken down before the will of God and a heart touched by the simple Gospel story, thanked God in Jesus’ name for taking away her sins and receiv ing her as His child. In a Personal Worker’s class, where every member was supposed to be a Chris tian, the Bible woman was led to present the plan of salvation very definitely em-
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