How Two Clergymen and a Noted Evangelist Became Interested
By A. J. S. Bourdeau
A FAITHFUL sister in one of the Southern States sends us a copy of the church bulletin of the First Baptist Church of her city, in which appears a commendation of the Protestant Magazine, marked and sent to her by the pastor himself. She writes: “I have been giving him many copies of the Protestant from month to month, and he admired the magazine so much, and admired the editor so much, I saw it created in his mind a high regard for our literature, and thus I ventured to give him more. I presented him with ‘Daniel and the Revelation.’ He gave stereopticon lectures on the book of Daniel, in his church,—word for word from the book, omitting mention of the 2300 days, though he outlined the seventy weeks, and made one sermon of that. He had his own slides made from the pictures in the book, and it would have done your soul good to see this in a large Baptist church; for his congregation comprises 750 members, and they have just built a church at a cost of about $100,000. The pastor is one of the most eminent divines of the Baptist Church in the South, having been called here from the pastorate of one of the largest churches in ——, and, prior to that, he was president of the Baptist Theological Seminary in —— for many years. “My husband and I bought 50 copies of the June issue of the Protestant Magazine, and distributed them among the leading professional men of this city of 15,000 inhabitants. I afterwards met one of the ministers, to whom we gave a copy. He says he took the copy with him to —— and showed it to a friend; who, as soon as he saw it, wrote for a year’s subscription. I presented the November issue of the Protestant to the pastor of the First M. E. Church, and he invited his whole congregation to sign the petition against the plea of the Roman Catholics concerning anti-Catholic literature, typewriting the petitions himself, for them, from the copy in the magazine. “I consider the Protestant Magazine a great entering wedge for our literature. Recently a great evangelist from —— was here conducting a revival, and I managed to get a Protestant into his hands. He came to see us, and complimented the magazine most highly. But the sample I gave him, being an old copy, told of another issue, namely, the ‘Religious Legislation’ issue, and he asked for that; so I got him a copy of it, and I spoke of another issue, and he asked for that; and when he left, I wrapped up a copy of the Watchman and of the Turkey War Extra with the Protestant. I saw him the next day, and he said: ‘I read that Watchman from cover to cover, and I want all the issues for 1914, if I can get them, and bound in a volume, if possible. I am going to subscribe for the year.’ “So, you see, the Protestant Magazine opened the way to get the Watchman into this man’s hands. My husband and I are now in correspondence with him, and he is very much interested in the message. He came from England a year ago, located in ——, and is a very noted evangelist of the M. E. Church. Yours in the blessed hope.” Why not urge your missionary society to assist you in ordering a club of 100 copies ($4.00) or 50 copies ($2.00) of the great December and January numbers, half and half, say? They both deal with such great world problems as the Papacy and the War; Rome and Mexico; Papal Infallibility; Religious Issue in Politics; England, Russia, and the Vatican; Pan-American Mass in Washington, D. C.; Keeping Faith With Heretics. EVERY NUMBER SEEMS BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE. Order a supply TODAY. The Protestant Magazine IS bringing people into THE TRUTH. Use it.