THE KING’S BUSINESS
1095
WORK AMONG THE JEWS James A. Vans, Supt.
A/T ANY interesting incidents have occur- red in the past few weeks in connec tion with our work among the Jews. Our hearts have been cheered and refreshed and our faith Strengthened by the recent conversion of four Jews and one Gentile. The account of one of these conversions follows: One of our Hebrew-Christian workers, visiting a number of Jews in the tubercular ward of the County Hospital, paused for a moment at the bedside of a Jewish tailor. The hopelessness of his case had embit tered his soul and he was not in a very receptive frame of mind when the worker approached him. Invariably the Jewish heart is Stirred to anger on meeting another Jew who has become a Christian, and when one has not only become con verted to Christianity, but has also become a missionary to the Jews, their wrath knows no restraint. This case was no ex ception to that rule and the torrent of abuse poured out upon the worker was awful, as he upbraided her for (as he thought) turning traitor to her people for the sake of money. After several attempts to reason with this man had failed, the worker withdrew, after leaving some lit erature (which, in his present frame of mind, she feared he would not read), feel ing that a second visit would be unprofit M ORE and more as we come in con tact with the Spanish-speaking peo ple, we are made to realize that it is only as we trust 'and believe in the office-work of the Holy Spirit that these benighted people will ever come into the knowledge of the truth. For it is the work of the Holy Spirit to convict of sin, and of this they are in great need.
able and useless. However, “God’s ways are not our ways,” and the worker, in spite of her doubts as to the wisdom of a sec ond visit, felt strongly impelled to see this man again. A great change had come over him. There had been time toi think over the conversation, and even to read the liter ature, and God’s Holy Spirit was moving upon his heart. A very profitable time was spent in showing him God’s great plan of salvation, and the worker left, much encouraged by the change in him. On the occasion of the third visit, the worker was refused entrance to the ward on the ground that her last j visit had resulted in creating a great disturbance among the patients. Very much surprised, the worker asked for particulars, knowing there had been no disturbance while she was there on her last visit. The nurse told her that the whole ward had been in an uproar because in the mid dle of the night this Jewish man had awakened and kept all the patients in the ward awake by shouting out, “Glory Halle lujah! I’ve found the Jewish Messiah!” After sufficient time had elapsed to cause the disturbance to be forgotten, the worker again presented herself at the ward and was admitted without protest. She found him still rejoicing in his new-found salva tion.
THE SPANISH WORK
R. H. Bender, Supt.
For instance, while talking to a group of men, explaining to them the way of salvation, and testifying to the change which comes in the life when it is yielded to Christ, we asked in closing how many would like to accept Christ and let Him change their lives. Their answer was that they had always accepted Him. Another group of young men, in answer to the same
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