the Cross
by Joe Copeland, Africa Team, Pocket Testament League
wives to attend the service. Many of the Muslims who would not accept the Gospel of John openly, came to the distribution center after dark saying, “Give me the Book.” During our meetings in the colleges and Teachers’ Training Schools, thou sands of Muslims have heard the Gos pel. Time and again, in the after service we have seen the radiant faces of young men and women who would tell us, “I am a Muslim, but tonight I have accepted Christ as my Saviour.” Such a step is not an easy one for them to take. It usually means that they will be ostracized from their fam ilies, and sometimes their very lives are in jeopardy. Some parents consider it their inescapable duty to poison the child if he should turn his back on Islam for Christianity. Two young men came forward at one of our meet ings, and after having the way of sal vation thoroughly explained to them, they accepted Christ as their Saviour. Then they turned to the counselor and asked, “What do we do now; where shall we go? Our families will disown us.” Praise the Lord for His promise to those who put their trust in Him. “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.” Only Christ can give the cour age and strength which was displayed by a Muslim college student who ac cepted Christ in one of our meetings at the Nigerian College in Ibadan. He states in his testimony, “Being a Christian is a thing of everlasting joy. I am happy and prepared to declare at anytime, before anybody, the tre mendous change that has happened to me. I have made the firm decision to forsake father and mother and to fol low the Lord. May He assist me in my decision to follow Him.” Pray that many others who are be ing faced with the choice between the crescent and the Cross will be drawn to Christ as He is “lifted up.”
Joe Copeland deeds with an African school teacher. Mr. Copeland and his wife, Jean Gilbert Copeland are both graduates of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles Inc.
the inspector of Muslim schools, though a Muslim himself, gave us written permission to visit the eight Muslim schools in the city. The Gos pels were distributed and the way of salvation explained. It was almost paradoxical in one of the schools where the combined classes met. We taught them the chorus “Jesus Christ is the Way; Jesus Christ is the Truth; Jesus Christ is the Life.” They learned it quickly and sang it with real gusto. In another school the students re mained for almost half an hour after the meeting was over asking intelli gent and pertinent questions about the Scriptures. In one town permis sion was granted to use the white wall of a mosque as a screen for the pro jection of our film “Jundu.” The Mus lim chief of the town allowed his four
Prime Minister of the Northern Re gion, and the spiritual Head of all the Muslims in Nigeria, has been most helpful. The PTL was able to hold meetings in all of the Muslim schools of Kaduna, capital of the Northern Region. Gospels of John were distrib uted to the students in Hausa or the Arabic script. The League’s African film, “Jundu,” was shown in several of the villages of the North. These showings were well attended by the Muslims, and one evening the District Head, a Muslim, came out to the meeting. The teams experienced conspicuous freedom for the preaching of the Gos pel in the Western Region among the Muslims. Most of them are Yoruba and are far less fanatical than their brothers to the north. In one large city
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