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Schools

The work in schools is probably the most well-
known area of our work. Often someone will say,
“I remember receiving a little red book at school,”
which in many ways is hardly surprising given that
over the past 75 years about 35 million of these
Over the past
‘little red books’ have been placed into the hands
of school pupils throughout this country. Of course, 75 years
we always remember that this is only possible by
God’s grace and the enabling power of the Holy
about
Spirit. We do not speak lightly when we say, “God
must always receive the glory!”
Most encouraging, however, is not the number 35
of Testaments distributed but rather the many million
testimonies received from school pupils expressing
appreciation for the gift of a copy of God’s word,
testimonies that range from a simple ‘thank you of these ‘little
for the gift’ to, very soberingly, ‘reading this book red books’ have
prevented me from harming myself in some way’. been placed
into the hands
of school pupils
“From what I had read in the New throughout this
Testament, I became convinced of country.
my own sinfulness. I am glad to say
that from this I came to the Lord for
forgiveness and have come to know the
Lord as my Saviour.’’ Ian

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