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co ntinued fo r a m o n th a n d fo r o v er tw o w eeks th ey slep t w ith clothes on a t night. P au l R. F ren g er, fo rm er stu d e n t, h a s been engaged for som e m o n th s w ith th e U tah Gos pel M ission, w orking am ong th e M orm ons. T h e w o rk is h a rd b u t h e is enjoying it. Rev. V. V. M organ (’13) h a s been holding evangelistic m eetin g s in N atio n al C ity an d in Rialto. H e w as in th e F irs t M ethodist C hurch a t N atio n al C ity fo r tw o w eeks an d re p o rts a v ery good atte n d a n c e in spite, of th e fact th a t th e re w ere sev eral ra in y n ig h ts a t th e b eginning of th e cam paign, a n d in spite, too, of th e fa c t th a t th e people w ere prejudiced a g a in st ev angelistic m eetin g s b y reaso n of a recent un h ap p y experience along th a t line. H e h a d conversions from th e v ery first nig h t, Sixty-five in all. E specially g ratify in g w ere th e re su lts am ong,thfe y oung people of th e Sundav School. In a class of y oung w om en num b erin g 24, th e re w ere alread y five or six C h ristian s, b u t b efore th e close of th e m eet-, ings every m em ber h ad m ad e a public confes- sio n of C hrist. F re d M ills, fo rm erly con n ected w ith th e F irs t M ethodist C hurch of S an Diego, h ad ch arg e of th e singing. A sim ilar experience w as h a d a t R ialto, w here th e m eetin g s w ere held in th e U n ited C hurch (P resb y terian , B a p tist, C ongregational an d C h ristian ) of w hich Rev. C harles S anders (an o th er B. I. g rad u ate) is p asto r. T h ere w as splendid in te re st from th e s ta rt. T h ere w ere tw e n ty -th re e decisions fo r th e L ord. _ G eorge N. L eF ev re w rite s from O ntario, E c uador, S. A.: “H av e been in E cu ad o r a little over th ree m onths. A t first w as located a t Q uito b u t w as recen tly statio n ed here, w here I am helping H. W . C ragin am ong th e Q ui ch u a In d ian s. — _ , , _ Item from C hoate N. B alch (1 9 ), D eer L odge, M ont.: “W e th o u g h t th e P .T .L . too good to keep for th e p riso n w ork alone, so w e s ta rte d it in th e chureh. A little g irl in th e S unday School re a d th e T e stam e n t aloud in th e h earin g of h e r fam ily. T w en ty y ears or so ago th is fam ily cam e from D enm ark. T he fa th e r w as a c arp en ter an d a h a rd d rin k er T h e m o th er in all h e r m arried life never saw him sober on a S atu rd ay nig h t, an d w as obliged to ta k e in w ash in g even w hile he w as m ak in g $48 a w eek. H e h a s been sav in g now for th e p a s t four m o n th s, a n d for som e tim e h a s n o t so m u ch a s touched a drop of d rin k (an d th e re is p len ty to be h ad ). T h e children clim b up in to h is lap now a s th e y w ere once a fra id to do. T h a t is w h a t one little g irl can . do w ith a P o ck et T estam en t. A gnes an d P e te r E itze n w rite: W e, w ith tw o o th e rs, S u sie R ic h e rt a n d A n n a K lie - w er, a re d o in g w o rk in a J a p a n e s e m issio n a t R eed ley , C al. W e h a v e s ta r te d a S u n d ay School am o n g st th em an d h av e fo u r classes w ith from fo rty to fifty p re se n t ev ery Sunday. God h a s w onderfully opened th e w ay an d h as m ade it possible fo r u s to supply th e Ja p an ese w ith a P o c k e t T e s ta m e n t.”
broke out. T h e G erm an m issio n aries w ere in tern ed an d th e A m erican M ethodist C hurch took over th e w o rk alth o u g h th e re w as no available w o rk er a n d no m oney to ca rry on th e w ork. H ow ever, th e R om an ists w ere seek in g to g e t control an d a decision w as m ade to ta k e th e w ork. M iss W eek s h ad n o t h ad th e full tw o y e a rs a t th e lan g u ag e school, b u t in th e em ergency she took ch arg e of th is w ork alone, h av in g no E n g lish p erso n s to con v erse w ith. C ourageously she faced m an y try in g circum stan ces an d w on th e love of all th e g irls an d se t th e whole place in splendid w orking order. C h arles H. W eir h a s been a ssistin g in ev an g elistic m eetin g s a t B arto n , Oregon. C harles H . O sborn, K ak aak o M ission, H o n olulu, say s: “T h e devil is becom ing m ore stren u o u s in opposing our w ork. P lease p ray m uch.” J a y L . E m rick, ’20, w rites: “I am p asto r of a C ongregational C hurch in th e san d hills a t L ong P ine, N ebr. I am g e ttin g a good h e a r ing an d bein g blessed in tak in g th e Gospel into th e hom es.” R. V. W healy, p asto r L a M esa, Calif., B ap tis t C hurch, say s: “W e h av e been h ere a lit tle over th re e m o n th s a n d it su rely is a h ard field. T he ch u rch w as so fa r in a r u t th a t it seem ed th a t all th a t w as n ecessary w as to cover th em up and. p u t up a sto n e saying: ' “H ere lies th e d ead .” H ow ever, w e h av e been a b le 1to u n e a rth a few b ack n um b ers an d re en list th em . In all w e h av e received sev en teen since w e h av e b een here, m o st of w hom h ad lo st th e ir ch u rch letters. H arlow W . P arso n s h a s been holding m e e t ings a t Corning, N. T . A t Oxford, N. Y., he h ad 165 decisions, a n d a t M ilford, P a., nearly 200. H is n e x t field is D eer L odge, M ontana. L eila N eh er -was u n ited in m arriag e on Ja n u a ry 2d to L eo P olm an, w ho is com pleting his course. , , . -» * A n o th er m em ber w as ad ded to th e staff of th e A frica In lan d M ission w hen “R o b ert E r n e st” w a s b o rn to M r. a n d M rs. H . E . G rings, Nov. 15, 1920. Mr. an d M rs. K arl D. H um m el announce the b irth of th eir d au g h ter, C arolyn Mae, born Ja n u a ry 14th, 1921. . A lva J. McClain, a fo rm er stu d en t, is now a m em ber of th e facu lty of th e P h ilad elp h ia School of th e Bible, teach in g fu n d am en tal principles, th e m ak in g of th e B ible an d te s tim ony of th e m onum ents. (E x tra c ts from le tte r received from Rev. H a rry J. H ill, now in P y engyang, Chosen, K orea, g ra d u a te B. I. 1921. M arried M iss M ary Ross, also B. I. stu d e n t an d . L yceum Club m em ber.) ' , , „ •“T h e p a s t few m o n th s h av e been specially blessed an d h ap p y ones. W e p raise God for th e o p p o rtu n itie s in ‘o u r’ n ew little v illa g e w here w e have sta rte d a w ork. A s I am w rit in g th is, M ary is teach in g five or six w om en S unday School teach ers w ho a re sittin g aro u n d o u r dining room tab le.” C lara L. K u ehny w rites: “My p erm it a r riv ed F eb. 25, an d sailing arra n g em en ts have been m ad e fo r A pril 26 on th e S. S. C ity of S p a rta from N ew Y ork (for C ham pa, C. P., In d ia). A n o th er g ra d u a te n u rse w ho is a Moody stu d en t, received h e r p erm it tw o w eeks la te r, an d a b e rth h a s been secu re^ for h e r on th e sam e ship. So th e L o rd did m ore th a n w e ask ed fo r.” H elen Sm all, T sinehow , K ansu, China, says: 31 w ere b ap tized in h e r d istric t in th e p a st y ear. She describes th e e a rth q u ak es of Dec. 16, w h en 200 w ere killed in h e r city. H alf of th e houses w ere sh ak en down. T he quakes
GLORIFIED—W ITH WOUNDS (John 20 :2 7 )
I perceive th a t Christ suffered only his wounds to be touched a fte r He had risen from th e dead, as though He would teach us th a t henceforth we can be united to Him only through H is suf ferings.— Paschal.
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