THE KING’S BUSINESS
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women between 70 and 80 years sat for hours. God had prepared their hearts and as soon as they heard the story they said they wanted to accept this Jesus and follow Him. At noon they insisted that we eat their food. The girl is very bright— her father has taught her to read and write. There is a vegetarian doctrine that teaches that if you do not eat meat and certain kind of vegetables, when you die you will turn into god. This little girl had heard about this doctrine, and for three years had eaten no meat. She heard the teacher in the morning preach the foolish ness of it and that very noon she broke her vow. A week ago Monday, at S:30 a. m., the pupil-teacher and myself started off in our cart for one of our out-statons which is just a day’s journey from our main station. We reached the place at 5 p. m. On the way we learned that there was to be a large open-air theatre held for three days and that crowds would come to the chapel to hear the gospel. We went out at once to visit the homes of two girls, who for a long time had thought of coming to school. We went on purpose to this place to bring four girls who had sent in word several times that they wanted to come, but when the time came they always backed out. All they need was to have some one encourage them. That evening we led a meeting and a goodly number of people were out. The next morning the city was full of people who had come to worship the false gods and attend the theatre. We began at 9:30 a. m., to have a meeting and soon the church was filled and people standing in the doorways and courtyard. They even crowded into the pulpit and would listen for two or three hours ati a time. Then the room would again fill up with women and - children. After the teacher preached for two hours I would teach them a hymn. It would have done your hearts good to see some of the old women go over and oyer the hymn, sometimes for more than an hour before they would recite it. They were so pleased fo see we did not get tired
salvation. The pupil-teacher would preach for two or three hours at a time, and then the people would not care to go. In Between, I would teach them a hymn. A young woman carrying a little boy went over it again and again remarking that she was going to stay until she had learned it, no matter if everyone else went. The next night she came again, saying 'that she wanted to recite it again. It is such a sim ple hymn and yet it has the whole message, of salvation in it. The old women who had never read a chapter would go over it a great number of times. One day I got so interested in helping them that I never ate any dinner. Another young woman who had been worshipping false gods three times a day, an hour at a time, thinking that they could heal her eyes, came to know^Jesus. They would stay until late at night and come early in the morning to hear about Jesus. The people just treated us royally and after three days meetings did not want us to go home. The people everywhere are ready to hear the gospel but O, the workers are So few. One even ing we walked out to a near-by village. In a short time we had 100 or more people out to hear, and everyone was as quiet as could be. There were many girls there who would like to have come bqck with us; many were hindered because they had no money, others their fathers or mothers or some relative was standing in the way, so we need to pray that God will overcome the enemy who is resisting on every side. While out walking one day a year ago, a man spoke to me asking many questions about the school, stating that he had a giri of 11 years who would like to come to school, also inviting us to his village just an hour’s walk from the city. I had for gotten about the man. The other day he - came in to see if his girl could attend school, as she was very anxious and did not give him any rest about it. Yesterday we went to see the girl and preached Jesus to them, between 200 and 300 people came out to hear the gospel. Many did not go home for dinner; a large number of
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