omething to win souls.

An aged widow, who had all her money invested in a farm in a
drouth-stricken part of the West, found herself almost penniless. She
was compelled to find shelter in a Refuge Home. At first she was
discouraged and heart-broken; but God put upon her heart the multitudes
of perishing women in India. She tried to occupy her mind piecing a
quilt. This she sold, and the money was sent to India. Then she made
another for Africa, then another for Japan, until now, in six years,
she has given four hundred dollars to home and foreign missions, and has
six people at work as her substitutes in foreign lands. And she says, "I
was surely called of God to teach that no one is too poor to give to
missions, or too old to work for God and souls."

A young man, twenty-four years old, working on a farm for twenty dollars
a month and board, has, in nineteen months, sent six substitutes, and
says, "I pray God to make me a Christian drunkard, that I may spend my
time and money for him as the drunkard does for the devil." And when the
whole Church shall begin to show the same spirit of self-sacrifice in
giving time and money, and in sacrificing pleasure and comfort and
social standing for the Lord's work, and for dying multitudes about
them, then we shall soon see the dawn of the millennial day.

THE SOUL-WINNER'S EQUIPMENT.

"COMPLETELY FURNISHED."

STUDY XV.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCRIPTURES.

Memory Verse: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom."--(Col. iii, 16.)

Scripture for Meditation: Heb. iv, 12; 2 Tim. iii, 13-17; Ps. cxix,
1-11.

A thorough knowledge of the Word of God is essential to success in
soul-winning. The Word is "the sword of the Spirit," "the hammer that
breaketh the rock in pieces." If we are not skilled in the use of the
Divine sword and the Divine hammer, then we can not expect that the
Spirit will use us.

In an excellent little book on "How to Obtain the Fullness of Power,"
Dr. R.A. Torrey says:

"There can be no fullness of life and service if the Bible is neglected.
In much that is now written on power; also in much that is said in
conventions, this fact is overlooked. The work of the Holy Spirit is
magnified; but the instrument through which the Holy Spirit works is
largely forgotten. The result is transient enthusiasm and activity, but
no steady continuance and increase in power and usefulness. We can not
obtain power, and we can not maintai