King's Business - 1923-06

T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S

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BIOLA CLUB OF PASADENA Elwood P . Lyon, Supt.—O u r cen ter for Bible C lasses, E vangelistic Services and Personal W ork, in th e h e art of th e C ity of P asadena. B URING the past month th e work a t Biola Club, ap art from the regu lar classes, has been made up of help to in­ dividuals. Those in deep sorrow have and cheer. He has become a staunch friend and declares^ th a t such places are doing much to win men to faith in Christianity and Christ. The increasing confidence of pastors is being shown by th e ir requesting our help in dealing w ith h ard cases, such as they th ink only those fam iliar w ith prophecy and prem illennialism can deal with.

come for com fort and cheer. Many th a t are troubled over th e lack of Bible preaching and teaching have come for counsel. Several who were in m ental trouble because of th e cu rren t evolutionary teaching from so many pulpits have been led to accept the Bible as final authority, have given up th eir doubts for a firm faith in the word of God, and are very happy. One young man comes to Biola Club for his tracts, Gospels, and other lit­ era tu re fo r use; in prison work. Through him a number of prisoners have accepted Christ. A Jewish man came to us for help

Several new people have decided th a t Biola Club is one of th e best places in Pasadena for them to get the teach­ ing th a t th e Bible is the Infallible Word of God. In a recent class five requested special prayers. A few are constantly being delivered from false teachings, from doubts as to th e Bible being God’s very Word, and from a backslidden state. To God be all the glory! n temporarily) swept away. When I was stepping off a Belfast tram -car th e conductor put his hand on my shoulder and said, “ Sir, air you convairrted?” He was intensely in earnest. Policeman’s Inquiry A little later a young fellow opened his coat and showed me an inside pocket th a t was something like a poach­ e r’s pocket. “Man,” he said, “many’s the time I ’ve carried a gun there. Now I ’m fighting for the L o rd !” and he jumped up into the air. One can feel th e revival in th e air. I t is everywhere, and if an arm ed po­ liceman pulls one up, more likely th a n n o t it is to inquire in to th e sta te of one’s soul. I was seeking Shaftesbury-square, and a constable directed me. He fin­ ished by asking, “Are you saved, sir? ” Can you see this? There’s th e Rav- enhill P resbyterian Church, a brick building th e ordinary man in th e street would call a “ big chapel.” At th e en­ trance th ere are (were, ra th e r) two gateposts, brick, w ith stone stringers

NICHOLSON, OUR EVANGELIST IN IRELAND I|jp |UR readers will be glad to have a little story concerning the In stitu te evangelist. Rev. Wm. P. Nicholson, whom we

“loaned” to Ireland (his native land) for evangelistic work w ith th e under­ standing th a t he would re tu rn to us in one year. He has been k ep t th ere by the Committee for th ree years and reports of his work have been broad­ casted everywhere in th is and other lands by Associated Press dispatches. The following is taken from a London daily paper: “This’ll do w hat we couldn’t do— settle Belfast.” Thus an officer in th e constabulary crystallized for me, as we chatted in the streets of Belfast the other day, his view— and th a t of many men prom i­ nen t in the official and business life of the N orthern capital— of th e rem ark ­ able religious revival th a t has swept over Ulster. There are still a few barricades to be seen in Belfast, charred and bullet- marked. The police still carry revol­ vers and clubs openly; yet the need for barricades and guns has been (perhaps

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