lead them in prayer at evening de votions. I had never learned to pray, and the Jehovah’s Witnesses didn’t have prayer except as a formality by the leaders. I had to decline my brother’s offer. That night I was de feated without any argument, and deep inside I was forced to confess something was lacking in my re ligion. One evening I attempted to read the Gospel of John, and I could not make head or tail of it. In utter futility I begged God, if He existed, to let me know what truth was, and I promised to give myself to it. A few weeks later I decided to search through some religious book stores to see if books could be found that might enlighten me. While in a store, the book titled Jehovah of the Watchtower caught my eye. This book showed the obvious contrast between the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Word of God. Searching farther, I came across W. J. Schnell’s book, Thirty Years a Watch Tower Slave. As I began to read this book, I saw the clever, sys tematic tactics that had brainwashed me just as they had the author of the book. I did not put this book down until I had completed reading it, and as I read I felt as if mental shackles were falling off me. The next week my sister invited me to a small church in our neigh borhood that was holding evange listic meetings, and here I found the way. The minister caused me to see Christ as never before. I saw Him as the Son of God crucified for my sins. I found a new birth and a new life, and I left that meeting having surrendered my life to Christ. For the first time I felt clean, and I knew I was free. That was six years ago, and the faithfulness of the Lord through His Holy Spirit has never ceased to amaze me. My wife followed shortly in trusting the Lord Jesus. We have been youth counselors in the church, and the blessings through personal evangelism, laymen revivals, and youth work are beyond what would have been my fondest dreams. It is not denomination, law, status, knowledge, or “ new truth” that saves us, but kneeling at the foot of the Cross and letting the blood of Christ supernaturally cleanse us. The hymn writer put it well in that grand old hymn, “ Rock o f Ages,” In my hands no prize I bring, simply to Thy Cross I cling. —From POWER FOR LIVING, Scripture Press S.S. take-home paper. Also con tained in the book, “We Found Our Way Out,” Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich. Used by permission.
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