In this month of September, our feature
organisation is the Gideon Bible Society. The Gideon’s International has one
simple and clearly defined aim: to win men, women and young people for the Lord
Jesus Christ. On 1 July 1899, a meeting was called in the YMCA, Janesville,
Wisconsin. Although only three men were present - John H Nicholson, Samuel E
Hill and Will J Knights One of them said, "If God is in this thing, He
will give us a name; let's pray about it." It was Will Knights. One of
them after prayer, rose to his feet and said that he had the name of the
project they were to start – Gideon’s. He read Judges 6 and 7, which showed
several reasons for adopting this name. The proposal that Gideon’s should
provide a Bible for every hotel room was adopted by the Convention in
Louisville, Kentucky, in 1908. Ever since then the Gideon International has
distributed free copies of complete Bibles to hotels and New Testament Copies
to schools, on the streets, etc. We pray that God in His infinite goodness
would bless and direct their path unto good, in Jesus name, amen.
Lovett L♥√ع
For TLF, September 2013
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