It is wonderfully refreshing and encouraging to hear of how the Spirit of God is working in grace in Hungary. During the past two years the Hungarian government has revoked the licenses of several gospel preachers and/or evicted them from their homes. In spite of this, however, there is a growing work among young people and they are leading others to Christ.
“One young college student travels to the most remote parts of Hungary every month by slow train, 300 kilometers, there and 300 kilometers back, to meet with peasant young people and with gypsies and to preach to them the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. He leaves late Friday night and doesn’t return until the following Sunday night. He is now finishing up his college work and had an opportunity to get a good position in the city. He declined the offer, however, in order to get closer to the gypsies to whom he brings the glad tidings.
One school girl sacrificed her whole summer vacation and made it a point to be at every event in which Christians gathered in the name of Jesus Christ. There she would clean, cook, wash, and late at night she would help young people in studying the Scriptures.
When her parents planned to take her along on a vacation outside the country, she begged them to let her stay. So what could have been a foreign tour ended up being a one-Saturday event. She spent Friday and Sunday with other Christian workers where she was greatly needed.
“I saw 31 young people who determined to spend their Sunday mornings teaching children about the Bible.”
Then there is a teacher who has been dismissed from his position three times because in class he testified of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet he has been nicknamed by some as “Sunshine Prince” because he is always smiling and his joy radiates from within.
Lacy, the musician, who could very easily be a nationally famous guitarist, ever since his conversion plays only for the glory of the Lord Jesus. He composes his own pieces and wherever he is asked to play, whether it be at a young people’s sing or at the “Communist Youth Union", he witnesses for his Saviour through song.
Slavic Gospel News
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were an offering far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
“I beseech you therefore,... by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:1,21I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:1‑2).
ML-09/23/1979