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on fire for God and have the vision of an evangelized Philippines. They are seeking to preach the Gospel and to lead believers to a victorious Chris tian life wherever there is an open door. They have bound themselves to pray for revival every evening at nine o’clock. This Gospel Prayer Band is support ing five full-time workers engaged in revival and Gospel work among the churches in the provinces of Luzon. One of these workers from Cabanatuan writes, “Many more students are at tending our Saturday night Youth Rally. Twenty to thirty students (many of them Roman Catholics) are attending my Bible Clas§ every Thurs day afternoon. I am starting a Chris tian bookstore and kindergarten. We expect soon to open another work among high school s t u d e n t s in Lucena, in the southern part of Luzon.” This is an indication of the zeal and vision God has given the Filipino Christians. They are worthy of our prayer support. Also last fall revival broke out during a Bible and Workers’ Con ference in South Negros. One of the speakers gave this account: “I was thrilled to face the largest congrega tion ever gathered in a local church. The people literally drank in every word. The messages centered on the way of salvation, the assurance of salvation, and our Lord’s second com ing.” The whole evening congregation, between 600 and 700, was divided into five prayer groups, each division being under the leadership of two pastors. The Holy Spirit melted hearts, and believers confessed their sins, and cried for forgiveness. Young people wept! Old people wept! Then the prayer groups gathered in the audi torium. The leader of the evening challenged the people to forsake sin and consecrate themselves anew to the Lord. A hundred or more came forward weeping. There were few dry eyes among the Christians that night. I wept with joy behind the platform where I was all alone, and promised God to serve with a new spirit. There on my knees I washed my heart of all enmities and jealousies and filth iness of the flesh and spirit. “Then came the testimony meeting. The audience was told that those who cared to go home could do so, for it was then 10 o’clock. About 200 stayed. Testimonies Went on and on. The joy of the Lord prevailed. After testi monies had been coming thick and fast, a revived old saint, who was formerly president of the church or ganization, stood upland said, ‘Let us finish this now, because the bus for Baeolod will start at four o’clock in the morning, and this is already three o’clocki’ We did not know that, as we
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listened through the testing phones; the noise of the rain came back in a loud roar. Our only hope was God’s miracu lous intervention. I.stepped to the front of the platform, intending to ask God to "Intervene, and, as I did, Satan whispered in my ear, “Suppose you pray, and the rain doesn’t stop! They will laugh you out of town.” Confident that God had His own hand on these circumstances, I lifted my hand, and, with the roar of the rain pounding on iron, I prayed: “Father, in Jesus’ name, wilt Thou please stop the rain that this broadcast may go out clearly for Thy giory?” Suddenly the rain ceased, and not another drop fell throughout the en tire broadcast. Some ten minutes after it was over, the rain descended in such volume that the people could not leave the building for a long time. It left a great impression on those who witnessed this miracle of God’s power in response to prayer, and as a result many souls were saved. This testimony- of answered prayer is offered to the glory of God that it may encourage others to pray. ence at Doane Hall, Iloilo. Many of our Christians and workers had just ex perienced the revival in Negros and they arrived with great enthusiasm and zeal for the Lord. The Conference motto was: “He that Winneth Souls is Wise.” Again the Holy Spirit worked in hearts and many decisions for the Lord were made. The Philippines face a new era in their history, as they take their place as an independent nation. The Bible- believing churches in the Philippines also anticipate a new day as they take on the responsibility of evangelizing the Islands. It is a task which the missionaries can never perform; the Filipinos alone can accomplish it. To do it, there must be trained Filipino pastors, evangelists, and childrens’ workers. It is the responsibility of the believers in America to send mis sionaries to help in the Bible in stitutes and seminaries, and to work with the Filipinos, as they undertake the task of evangelizing the areas where there is no Gospel witness, and to reach the mountain tribes. "Pray ye therefore,” and “Pray with out ceasing.”
TN THINKING of the most remark- able answer to prayer in my ex perience, it is difficult to single out one above another, for every answer to prayer is an occasion of gratitude to God. One, however, stands out above the rest as remarkable and amazing. We were in Waterloo, Iowa, to ad dress a gathering at the Hippodrome. Over ten thousand people assembled for the meeting in this building, which had a corrugated iron roof. It had been a humid, stormy day with in termittent showers. As the time for the evening service drew near, the rain began coming down in a steady torrent, creating a tremendous noise on the metal roof of the Hippodrome. The regular Sunday broadcast of the Old-Fashioned Revival Hour was to be released from this building. It would soon be time to go on' the air, and we realized that, unless the rain ceased, the coast-to-coast broadcast would be ruined. With only a few minutes be fore the broadcast time, it looked as though the rain would continue all night. From the technician’s desk, we sang and praised the Lord, it was al ready morning. I have no doubt as to the genuineness of that revival. One pastor said it was emotionalism. If it was, I praise God for it, because it blessed me and took away the things that so easily beset me and hindered the Lord’s working. “Now as to the cause of it: I asked the South Negros workers how it all began. One answer was because the emphasis was all on the Bible, and on HOLY LIVING.” -The Outlook It is very encouraging to hear that the pastors and leaders are taking up the task where the missionaries were forced to lay it down. For many years, we have had a Young Peoples’ Con ference in Iloilo at Thanksgiving time. It was always one of the high lights of the year, when souls were saved and young people' gave their lives to the Lord. To our great joy, we learned that the Iloilo and Negros leaders, without any missionary stimulus or contact whatever since the close of the war, made arrangements for the resumption of the annual Thanksgiving Confer-
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