Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-10-24

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#l liable to the stu
dent in his af-
Ezs42 k2 ter life. / know
a little girl who,
after few lessons in drawing in the
public school, entered contest for a
and she won the prize.
One of the signs of the times is the
increased demand for skilled labor.
Cheap labor is plentiful, but skilled Ia
Dor is scarce. Hence, all over the coun-
try are springing up technical schools
for training the eye, the ear, the voice;
schools for nurses, journalists and de-
Signers. The world is weary of incoa-
petent help. Wages are no consideras
ton, only give US men and women who
know how.
Since the Bible is the instrument
by which conversion is usually effec.
ted, every Christian should learn how
to use it. The Bible is called the
sword of the Spirit, but of what use
is the sword to one who has not taken
fencing lessons? His opponent can
disarm him in a moment, and leave
him utterly defenseless. Even so many
Christians who might WELD the sword
of the Spirit with tremendous power
are almost impotent for the lack of
little training in the use of the Bible.
A girl of sixteen who had been con-
verted only a week found in the in
quiry room a married couple with
no one to talk to them. She ap-
preached them modestly, opened up
the subject of their relation to the Saw
iOr and, when they offered any excuse,
she would answer, eyes it may seem
so to you but God says so and So" and
then she would read the passage. Be-
fore long all three of them were on
their knees in prayer.
A friend of mine was giving studies
On personal work in a New England
town. A woman present, whose hus-
band was sceptfc, committed to men,
Dry two verses that seemed especially
appropriate to her husbands case. AT
the supper table that night he began
as usual some attack on the Bible
When he had finished, she quietly
quoted the two verses that she had
learned.
"Where do you get that?" he inquir
ed fiercely.
'In the Bible"
do you mean to say that those
words are in the Bible?'
81 do.'
'ShOw them to me-"
She brought the Bible and pointed
out the passage. When he read it, HI
laid down the book, and said, "Wife
l am wrong and there is only one thin;
for me to do, and that is confess m,
sin to God and plead for mercy" ant
pushing his chair from the table h
added, 81 might as well do it now a
ever;" and together they knelt in pray
er for the first time in their lives. Al
| the wife had done was to quote a pas
| sage of Scripture; but it was the pas
sage that fitted the case, and hence tn
result.
A man might own a whole dru
store; but if he did not know wher
to find the drugs, or their various me
dicinal properties, he would be of littl
use to the sick. Even so a Christia
Laay have Bible that contains RENE
dies for every spiritual condition bu
| ii he does not know where to fin
them, or how to use them, he will hav
| little success as a soul-winner. Th
! training-clasS shows how to diagnos
case, whar remedies to use an
where to find them.
l know Of a training class out @
which three young men started for tn
ministry, two young women went int
| mission work and one offered herSel
for the foreign field. Out of anothe
! class of 16 members, two became mil
listers, II went TO the foreign field, on
| is a trained nurse, and one is a reli;
ious reporter On a daily paper. Al
other class of 20 members sent nearl
all the number into some form {
Christian work The fact is, that whe
people know how to do Christian wor
well, they love it. Why not have
training class in your church? Thes
are stirring times, and God needs e
cry available worker. Will you be on
and will you advocate a training clas
in your community until you get it
Many a person knows that he Ougl
to be Christian, and expects to tai
that step sometime, but fails to realiz
that if it is the right thing to do
all, it ought to be done at once. E
neglecting to take this step immediat
ly he is losing valuable time whiC
ought to be used in training for tt
Masters service, and a whole life-tin
of service is altogether too small
repay the debt of gratitude which
owes to the Lord Jesus Christ, wi
gave his life for him.