King's Business - 1919-10

T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S Beaumont was th e ir next stopping place and here, also, they m et w ith g reat success, th e pastor, of th e church in which th e meetings were held giving his testim ony a t th e close th a t he hoped all who had attended had received as much blessing as he him self— an “ old h ard sh ell” as he expressed it— had, and giving them a cordial invitation to re­ tu rn . A t San Diego th e meetings were held in a B aptist Church w ithou t a pastor, and here, also, they were greatly blessed in th e ir service. F rom San Diego th e Q uartet went to Reedley in th e n o rth ern p art of the S tate for a two weeks’ series of meet­ ings, Mr. Morgan’s place being taken by Marion H. Reynolds, also a gradu ate of th e In stitu te, and now one of the w orkers in its Evangelistic D epartment. The meetings a t Reedley are being held in th e Mennonite B reth ren Church, and good repo rts come from th e work being done there. O ther places to be visited by them are Turlock and the several cities and towns in th e Bay D istrict around San Francisco. Definite resu lts obtained a t th e th ree places named, Van Nuys, Beaumont and San Diego, are as follows: Conversions ......... 48 S u rre n d e rs .................................42 Volunteers for life service....18 Members of Pocket Testa­ m ent League ............. 80 Isn ’t th a t worth while? And will you not pray th a t these young men may be a blessing to the young people whose lives they are thu s privileged to touch? & Incidents R elated by th e W orkers It was a t th e close of a Bible class and we sat and talked of many things which girls find interesting. She was a most in teresting and intelligent girl, had travelled a good deal BIBLE! and read more; she had at- WOMEN tended church and Sunday , School, b u t no one had ever brought her face to face w ith a decision for Jesus Christ; in fact, she did not know God’s plan of salvation. She was eager for th e tru th and when she had it from His Word, she gladly received Him as her Saviour and went away tru ly “ a new creatu re in Christ Je su s” to bring others to a class where such blessings were received and such tru th s taugh t.

913 The Bible Woman was sittin g in the weekly repo rt and prayer meeting of th e workers, when th e Lord laid it very specially on h er h e a rt to sign up a cer­ tain gentlem an and his wife in the Pocket T estam ent League. The T esta­ m ent was given to th e gentlem an first and his atten tion was called to th e back page where th e re is a blank to sign ac­ cepting Christ as •Saviour. The Bible Woman said, “ I do hope you will sign th a t some day, and I would like to know when you do.” ' A few days la te r th e wife was vis­ ited and a T estam ent given to her. The husband was standing n ear as the w orker showed th e wife the la st page and its im po rtan t pledge. “ J u st as I said to your hu sband” explained’ the Bible Woman, “ so I hope you will sign th a t some day.” “Oh,” quickly an ­ swered the man “th a t’s signed up al­ rea d y !” - Ju s t six weeks afte r th a t, news came of th is m an’s serious illness, followed closely by his untim ely death. Then th e w orker humbly th ank ed God th a t she had obeyed th e imperative call to give th e Gospel invitation before it was etern ally too late. A lady who had led a gay, careless life, free from care, said th a t for years she would often be dressing for a party, or attend ing to th e m aking of h er dresses, when such a gloom would set­ tle over her as she could not account for. One day, while th ink ing on the subject, she said something seemed to say to h er “You need Jesu s.” “And w h at did you do th e n ? ” th e worker asked. “Why, I ju s t took H im” was the reply, “ and then someone invited me to a Bible class and I have been digging a t th e Book ever since, and my life is so changed and satisfied now. Every­ th ing is tru ly new to me, and the old things have passed away.” Calling one afternoon, a w orker hesi­ tated as to w hether or not she would walk to the end of a long lot, where a tiny bungalow seemed to be hidden by trees and shrubbery, bu t felt led to do so and going in, found a homesick, sad little woman. A fter a sho rt conversa­ tion, it seemed easy to te ll her about Jesus and her need of Him and how He satisfies, so th a t before th e visit was ended, w ith tears runn ing down her face, she received Him as her Lord and Saviour. How refreshed and glad the worker was th a t she had no t gone by! A young girl of fifteen years who not only has had no Christian influence in

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