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a portion of God’s word, and a word about the necessity of food for the soul. In the next ward a woman in a wheel chair is conval escing, she is a Christian but is reading a book that is detri mental to balanced thinking and the growth of spiritual life, but is willing to accept suggestons on: really construc tive reading and also a portion of “ the finest of the wheat.” Cookies disappear quickly in this ward and with them go “ Pillow Verses,”— carefully selected verses from God’s Word for the help and comfort of sick people. A young girl in another ward does not own a New Testa ment but ‘thinks she is a Christian.’ Perhaps she too has been “ filled with her own ways,” but in spite of pain and weariness, she puts out both hands for the New Testament and is delighted to know that shè may keep it for her very own. Later w.e learn from a neighbor patient that she has read it frequently and earnestly, A number of culls were made on another patient, whom we found read ing the, text book of an unscriptural belief. The Holy Spirit had most evidently prepared this heart, for she says she has, confidence in us, as we tell her it is false, a coun terfeit of the real. First, she puts it in her table drawer; later it is sent back to the one that loaned it to her, and now she testi fies to the peace and satisfaction she is finding in the read ing of the Word. Before she leaves thé hospital a decision card is signed with a clear understanding of what is involved and we feel sure her feet are on the upward path, with the clear light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. “One Soweth and Another Reapeth” “ At the close of the meeting for the Fishermen’s wives the leader asked a lady who was present if she had accepted Christ as; her personal Saviour. She replied ,that she had always believed. The leader said, “Have you ever defini tely accepted Christ?” She answered, “ No.” -, The leader then asked her if she would receive Him and turned to John 1:it2. “ But as many as received Him to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name,” The lady said she didn’.t understand. The leader then told her that saving faith was believing with the; heart! As the devils or demons also believe but tremble. John 1:12 was again read and care fully explained also Isaiah 53:6. The lady said she would accept Christ as her Saviour and told Him so. Her husband who had been attending the Fishermen’s: meeting called for her and the leader said to the husband, “ Your wife has something to tell you. She has taken Christ as her Saviour; have you?’.’ He replied. “ I’ve been baptized.” The question was again put to him: “Have ;you ever accepted Christ :as your Saviour?” He replied, “ No.[’>;., “Well,” said the leader, “ will you tpnight?” He said, “ I will” and shook the leader’s hand, signifying that he would. Prayer was offered for the young couple and a suggestion made -that a family altar be erected in their home. The following Sunday the leader was rejoiced to see the husband, wife and child attending the morning service. , . ...
BIBLE WOMEN’S WORK Mrs. Lyman Stewart, Supt.—-Twenty-five W omen Engaged in House to House Personal W ork, Bible Classes and Soul W inning Clubs. A Boy’s Best Friend is Mother T was the last meeting before the closing of the Boys’ Club for the summer vacation. The roll had been called, the stories told from the Bible reading of each boy, and the lesson given. Fifteen boys were present, and as the teacher looked into their bright faces, a deep longing came into her heart for the salvation of each one. ‘“ Boys,” she said, “ we are separat ing for the summer; possibily we will never all meet again; if some of us should die this summer, how many of you are sure you would be in heaven?” Without a moment’s hesi tation, five hands shot up, and then one big fellow said wistfully, “ The rest of us would like to, if only we knew just how.” How gladly was the Gospel story repeated again, and this time to awakened hearts, and as each one was dealt with, the remaining ten boys received the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. But unbelief in the work, when so many are involved, assailed the teacher’s heart and she .asked the Father for some evidence of the reality of the work. It came sooner than she had expected, for as she left the house, the one boy whose clear knowledge of what he had done she might have doubted first, took her bags from her to carry them to the waiting machine. Standing >on the running board, he waited until the others had withdrawn, then with tears in his eyes he said, “ I’ve got to tell you something” and then followed an account of a wrong toward his mother, and ended by the question “ What shall I do?” “ Make it right, B.......- — ; first with God and then with your mother.” A few days later, the teacher, meeting the hostess of the class, was told how B— ---- ■— had been telling her that “ A fellow’s mother is his best friend” and she knew that something had happened between mother and son. Meeting the boy shortly afterwards, he said, ‘'Everything has been so different since Tuesday. I have been so happy; and I did tell my mother, and it is all right.” “I Was Sick * * * and Ye Visited Me” , “ The backslider in heart shall b£ filled with his own ways.” (Prov. 14:14). This has been true of backslidden humanity through the ages, but seems especially character istic of our own day. Children, middle, aged people, old people, “ filled with their own ways.” Yet God has told us that our ways are not His ways, nor our thoughts His thoughts; therefore we have neighborhood Bible classes, that we may study His will, His ways and His program. Then we carry the message out in extension work. Some of the places we visit are the hospitals. As we enter one afternoon, a young lad is sitting in a wheel chair, foot up, with a broken limb.” He looks weary and a bit dis heartened so we ask him with a smile if he is the young man that is so fond of cookies and his enthusiastic response tells us we have guessed correctly. With the cookies goes
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