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Yearbook 151
for a week the sister witnessed to her nurses and the doctor
and the visitors "in season and out"; likewise her husband.
He had only recently read the 23d chapter of Matthew, and
every listening ear heard the 23d chapter of Matthew one
day. They have a nice frontal display of the Kingdom literature
in their bazaar.
A person of good will came to the missionary home and
asked to study. He showed genuine interest. The third week
he returned with a friend who also wished to make arrangements
to study. He brought more of his friends. This resulted
in five new studies for the pioneer. This person of good
will is now a regular publisher. Through him a university
graduate with a B. A. degree has come to a knowledge of
the truth. He marvels at the grand truths, saying they are
priceless in comparison with the knowledge gained in the
universities. He expresses the desire to be a pioneer, and
has offered his services free of charge to help the new
missionaries with an understanding of the Spanish language.
A shoemaker's daughter, unable to prove her Catholic
beliefs, arranged for two Gilead graduates and another party
of good will to call with her on a Jesuit priest of a large
Catholic church in Quito. After two hours' Scriptural argumentation
on the part of the missionaries, wherein eternal
torment, purgatory, immortality of the soul, etc., were proved
false, he was completely devoid of any scriptures to refute
or present in behalf of his church. His only argument was
that the church doctrine was sufficient, and he refused to
use the Bible. He stated emphatically that he didn't need
the Bible, that the church was the final authority. He
,;hook with nervousness, and was "dumb" and speechless
,,,hen the young shoemaker's daughter asked him if he
wouldn't explain the scriptures submitted. The lady of
good will accompanying us asked him: "Now, won't you tell
this young lady the truth 1" But, of course, he never did.
In the door-to-door work a pioneer and a new company
publisher recently contacted a school for priests. Beginning
the witness with one young priest, shortly eight were listening,
trying to refute statements in "Let God Be True" and
the Bible. One tried in vain to find a text in the Bible to
support the immortality doctrine, making for his excuse
that this was a Protestant Bible. None could nse the Bible
to support their traditions. They said that they had no
t raining in the use of the Scriptures; they were given the
t'orrect answers to all their questions by the elder priests
and the "infallible papa". To their emphatic statement that
the church had its visible head on the earth they were asked
if the church were recognized as a visible or an invisible
body. "Invisible," they said. Then, "why a visible head?"