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Possibly the crowning event of the whole trip was the week-end spent at the missionary conference at Flagstaff, Arizona. Here were gathered missionaries to the Indians and native converts from five tribes. No greater impulse to service could have been winged to the hearts of the boys than the sobbing appeal o f the Indians to “ pray for us.” It was with hearts full of determination and souls touched by the Spirit o f God that they left the mountain camping-ground to return to their headquarters at Los Angeles, where they gave several concerts before saying, “ God be with you till we meet again,” knowing full well that they would never get together as a group until the “ day dawns and the shadows flee away.” This is the answer to those who said, “ Wait and see.”
The very fact that the Spirit o f God has stamped the undertaking with the seal of His approval in that He has caused it to bear fruit, is sufficient! When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, then and only then, shall we know the true worth and the ultimate value o f the transcon tinental tour of the Men’s Glee Club o f the Bible Institute of Los Angeles for 1928. Mr. Spurgeon once said that some people in his congregation would sing with all their might, “ Were the whole realm o f nature mine, That were an offering far too small,” and then search their pockets for the smallest pos sible coin to put in the plate.
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Gethsemane and Calvary.
Keith L. Brooks
Gethsemane and Calvary The writer of the words of this up lifting song, was, at one time in his life, thrown into deep despondency. He went to the bank to draw from his account and found the doors locked and a sign bear ing the news of a financial crash. His business at the time was in such a condi tion that he could not carry it along with out regular payments. The funds o f all his friends and loved ones were invested in the same bank. All was lost. He pro cured an opening with an insurance com pany to sell insurance, but had no money to take him to the territory where he was to represent them. Others told him that the company never advanced money to agents. With a prayer in his heart, he approached the manager and explained the situation. The money was immediately advanced and he journeyed to the town where he was to begin his labors. He stopped at the one hotel and took the only room available. It proved to be over the bar-room and when he sought rest at night, the carousing beneath him added to his distress o f mind and made him feel that hell was indeed below him. In the midst o f all his darkness, again he breathed a prayer to God for help. The answer was the immediate forming of friendship with a splendid Christian young couple who invited him to take a room at their home. That evening, as he sat alone in his quiet, pleasant room, the lines o f this song came to his mind. He had been having a touch o f Geth semane, but angels had broken through his darkness with a message o f comfort as his eyes turned away to the Christ of Calvary; the gloom was dispelled and he became more resolute in his determination« to follow Him who had “blazed the way” before him.
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