honest effort was made to do His will. After several years, God sent
some missionaries to that country, and it was to their surprise to
find a tribe open-hearted to receive the truth.

"'Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace' (Job 22:21).

"'Seek and ye shall find.' May your search for truth be abundantly
rewarded."

The next few months found Robert and Mary Davis searching the
Bible for the truth. Every sermon they heard they compared with the
Scriptures. Articles in their new paper helped them greatly. They
bought a book of Bible Readings, and made as thorough an investigation
of Bible doctrine as they were capable of making. They made rapid
progress. They became believers in holiness and sanctification; for
the salvation theme held their interest most profoundly, and they
became well acquainted with the proof-texts which supported these
doctrines. The study of these texts brought great conviction to their
hearts, and both of them sought the Lord for forgiveness of their
sins, and both entered into the grace of conversion. The joy of this
experience made their Bible study still more delightful. They had not
been strangers to grace, but they had become slack and lukewarm, and
when the light of God began to shine more brightly they felt that they
should make sure work of it, and so they began at the bottom round of
the ladder. They were glad afterwards that they had done this, because
it gave them a sure starting-point.

Along in the fall of the year, as Robert was breaking ground for
wheat, he got an invitation to attend a neighborhood prayer meeting.