T H E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S the meetings about worldly amusements but a positive Gospel message is given and as the girls get a vision of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit speaks to their h earts of a life clean and emptied of self; battles are fought, battles known only to the individual and God,-perhaps, but very real battles ju st th e same and one hy one they are coming, laying upon God’s a lta r th eir habits, th e ir friends, th e ir recreation and th e ir lives to be under His control. A young woman quietly accepted Christ as her Savior one evening during an E teri Club meeting but did not make a public confession of Him un til several weeks la ter when, a t the invitation of one of the pastors of the town; she joined the church. W ith th e public con fession of Christ, she became radiantly R - ^ g n R I E N D S who are in terested ip. [awBiSgj th e work of th e Shop Depart- Bl KS tom I ment and who are praying for it, will rejoice to know th a t la YaWffil God has marvellously blessed us in th e work th is year. Never have we had such fine meet ings and such splendid results. True, th e re have been barriers and obstacles which seemed insurmountable, b u t He has accomplished th e impossible. As a means to an end, we have tak en over more of th e visiting work, getting ac quainted w ith th e men and th eir fam ilies, in tim e of sickness or death. This has opened a large door of utteran ce for th e Gospel. Only la st week came a message from a man who was ill w ith pneumonia. He has twelve children who were quaran tined w ith scarlet fever. This was one of our opportunities to help in a very practical way. P ray th a t it may mean th e conversion of th is dear fellow w ith his family. Several very needy fam i lies are on our list and we are pray ing th a t God will send us some friends who will help us take care of those who are most worthy. Yesterday we drove to one of our shops. As th e music commenced the men came and soon we had a splendid group listening to th e service. As the message was being given, we noticed a man sitting off a little way from the others, seemingly very much interested. He was a big, fine looking fellow, ap
147 happy, eager to testify of His goodness, earnest in seeking opportunities for ser vice. Testings came. One was in regard to tithing. The subject was presented a t one of the E teri meetings and she went home prom ising God she would give her ten th , beginning th a t week. When she counted her income for the week, she found she had ju st enough to pay h er ren t, which was due the next day. It was a hard te st for a babe in Christ, bu t Christ gave the victory. The ren t was paid a few days later. L ater it was learned th a t she was giving nearly half of the entire .amount of the Cluh’s allotm ent toward th e salary of Grace Pike, One of E te ri’s ch arter mem bers, who is the Club’s representative in China, being supported by the Lyceum and two of the E teri Clubs. parently about 35 years of age. A t the close jof th e service he was approached about th e m a tte r of his personal salva tion. “No, he-h adn ’t accepted Jesus as yet, b u t he knew it was w hat he should do.” Then and th ere th e Word was opened to him, show ing him th a t God was waiting, th a t He had w arned him against delay, th erefo re he should come and settle it NOW. A moment passed and th e re was no move. A few sec onds more and a big hand shot ou t and grasped the w orker’s and he said, “ 1 w ill.” P raise God th a t is all th a t is necessary (John 1 :1 2 ). Events like these make us move on w ith our faces shining, praising God for all who have a share in th is g reat work. It is worth while for it is th e work He has given us to do. P ray ye, therefore, th a t th e Lord of th e H arvest may th ru st fo rth more laborers into the harvest. T ruly th e harvest is great bu t th e labor ers are few. P ra y ye— Luke 10:2. Go ye—Matt. 28:19, 20. Give ye. giiiHiiiuiiiiiiiniiHnuitHiiiiiiiiniiuHmiiiiiiiiiii|iiiiHi{iimjiiiiii)iiiiiHuiiiiiiHiiiiiuim!iiiiiiiiiinmiiiui^ | Circulate the K. B. | Pass on your copies to § others. Subscribe for Chris- § tian workers who would be 1 helped. Give a lift on our | missionary fund. ?iill!lililltlllllilllf|||||||jj||tj||||j||||||f|||||j||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||j||||||||||||||||j||||||||j|j,||||j|,j||||i|^^
^ §& WORK IN THE SHOPS Marion H , Reynolds, Supt.—Meetings held in shops, factories, car-barns and fire engine houses in Los Angeles.
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