King's Business - 1919-11

THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S

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The father of the family, a pious, orthodox Jew, was unwilling to tolerate any religious beliefs or opinions con­ trary to his own and was altogether un­ reasonable and obstinate. The mother, when visited in the ab­ sence of her husband, seemed muchs in­ terested in and not at all opposed to the teachings of Christianity and the testimony of one of our Hebrew Chris­ tian workers appeared to be of excep­ tional interest to her. Like many Jew­ ish enquirers, she had doubts and ques­ tionings almost without number; but after many long talks with workers,* she seemed to become assured that Jesus was Israel’s Messiah and their only hope; much to the perplexity of the workers, however, although she ad­ mitted her difficulties had been satis­ factorily cleared up—she would not con­ fess that she believed in Christ. One of her daughters, a young girl of 17 or 18 years of age, had a year or sp before this accepted Christ as her Saviour, though contrary to her parents’ wishes; and her testimony was slowly bearing fruit in that home. Her younger brother confessed that he was greatly interested in knowing the truth about God and asked the worker to meet him in the park, not far from his home, as he was afraid his father would find out that he was thinking of becoming a Christian. As a result of that interview in the park, this young man came into an intelligent faith in Jesus Christ. Later, the explanation of the mother’s peculiar conduct was revealed. The family were very poor; the father had been hurt in an accident and was un­ able to work. He had appealed to the Jewish Charity Society and they were helping them financially. The mother feared, if she confessed the faith that was in her heart, the Charity authorities would learn of it and their financial aid would be withdrawn. After the death of the father, which occurred a short time later, the family moved away from the city and then, free from all re­ straint, the mother .acknowledged that for months back, she had been a secret believer, but now was to become one openly. The worker had the privilege of kneeling in prayer with this mother, son, and daughter, now united by ties even closer than those of blood.—J. A. Vaus.

confess Christ to. their friends. A short time ago a young woman accepted Christ as her Saviour, (a neighbor of one of our converts) and recently a meeting held in her home resulted in her husband’s conversion. We seek to impress upon the converts the need of confessing Christ before the world.. We need your prayers for God’s con­ tinued blessing upon the work among the Mexicans.—Robert H. Bender. Does Jewish Work Pay? The Jewish Department of the Bible Institute expects, in the near future, to publish a little paper entitled: “Israel’s Advocate,” which will be de- JEWISH voted to the cause of Jewish WORK evangelism in general and to the work of the Jewish Department in particular. Readers of the “King’s Business,” who are interested in the salvation of “the lost sheep of the house of Is'rael,” and who would like to have a sample copy of this little paper, are requested to send in their names and addresses to the superintendent of this department, in care of the Bible Institute. Our visitation work among the homes of the Jewish people is carried on in a very systematic manner. Our workers go to certain districts bn certain days, and like Paul of old, reason with the Jews in the market places and from house to house, keeping a careful record of all such work done and faithfully following up such cases as seem prom­ ising. That such work pays is evident from the following: A certain Jewish family had been called on a number of times by our workers, who felt that the Lord was dealing with this family in an especial way.

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