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asked. “ Yes, I will,” he answered and, wiping the dishwater from his hands, he gripped ours with a grip that showed determination and faith. After show ing him how to appreciate the blessings that were his, that he might grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, we separated, both re joicing in Jesus Christ our Saviour. Boarding another ship, we found a man in one of the bunk rooms who was a believer, but having a struggle. The Word of God soon solved the difficulty and showed him the way of victory. When we separated, faith had been strengthened, friendships made and Jesus Christ had been glorified. Oh, friends, our vocabulary is too limited to impress upon you the need of prayer for the worker. Pray that he may have wisdom, tact and love, that these men may be reached for the Lord Jesus Christ. BIOLA CLUB, PASADENA Elwood P. Lyon, Superintendent Splendidly located in the heart of the business district, a center for large Bible classes, evangelistic services and personal soul-saving work. ■HE past month 'at the Biola I Club has been one of great ac- Itivity and interest, about sixty ¡services, with nearly 4,000 at tending the classes, beside spe cial meetings, having been held. There have been 125 special requests for prayers. Special help has been given to 114 persons. Eleven have been re claimed, and several have accepted the Lord for salvation. All the classes have been increasing in attendance. A num ber of ministers, evangelists and mis sionaries make the Club the^r head quarters for spiritual help and inspira tion. Visitors from various states are frequent, and they manifest great en thusiasm for the work being done. Many women and girls come to Mrs. Lyon for advice, spiritual help and directions. The same is true regarding men coming to Dr. Lyon for special help in their lives. „ Flourishing Bible Classes. Dr. F. W. Farr has a most interesting and successful Monday afternoon class, with about 100 attending. Miss Rouzee has a class on Thursday afternoon that usually numbers about 130. Dr. Lyons Tuesday evening class varies from 100 to 160 in attendance. The noon day Bible study and prayer service is popu-
HARBOR WORK Claude H. Pearson, Superintendent Our workers board all the large vessels reaching .the port of San Pedro, distribute Gospels and other religious literature and hold services, which are attended by the members of the cr'ew and passengers. “O- Lord, my God, I w ill give thanks unto thee forever.” Ps. 30:12. UR work at the harbor ter minates with this report and we thank you for your prayers which have been a source of •strength for a service which has been most.blessed. We hope you will continue to remember the work and the new Superintendent. Perhaps many friends of the Department do not know that we have been doing this work while continuing our course an the Los Angeles Bible Institute. God’s blessing is manifested in the fact that we are able to make the following re port after visiting 83 ships: 49 Testa ments, 2,079 Gospels, 426 pamphlets and Scripture calendars, 284 Moody Colportage Books, and 8,880 tracts were distributed in four months. 198 men were dealt with personally and 45 made definite, clear-cut decisions for Christ. During this time 5,000 men heard of the Saviour by lip or page. Haven’t we a splendid reason to give thanks? Up Against a Free-Thinker. The other day we were on board a ship from, Mexico. Both officers and crew were hungry for the Word. One man we approached, asked, “What is it, Protestant or Catholic?” “ Christian,’ we answered. “ Could we give you a Bible and a nice Scripture calendar? we have both Spanish and English.” ‘ I am a free thinker,” he said. We knew by this that he was tired of Roman Catholicism and its idolatry, and also that he was not a Christian, so we said, .“ It doesn’t matter whether we are free thinkers or no thinkers at all, Spanish or English, Mexican or American, nich or poor, we are just sinners, hell-deserv- ting Biliners. We have a nature that likes to lie, likes to steal and likes to swear, and are on the road to hell. “ That’s right,” he said. Our answer was, “ Well, friend, God has provided a way whereby we can meet Him, free and forgiven.” We opened a Gospel of John and let him read God’s Word, ex plaining to him the way of salvation. . “ Will you take this Jesus of the Bible to be your Saviour and surrender your life to Him right here and now?” we
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