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had the flu, and it seemed th ere was also some lung trouble. The man was p artly deaf, and the giant trip-hamm er outside, used in the erection of a large building, was making so much noise th a t one could hardly think, much less carry on a conversation. But afte r a word of prayer, th e noise of the trip hammer somewhat ceased and we could talk to him. As we looked into this man’s face we realized he was probably dying, and knew th e best thing to do was to pre sent th e plan of salvation to him. He said he had believed all things from childhood. Soon a change came over his face, and we asked him if he had accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour. Shaking his head, he said “No.” . “Then will you?” we asked, and grasping our hand he said, “ I w ill.” Such a change came over him th a t JONTRARY to a common say ing among the Jews, th a t “A bad Jew makes a worse C hristian,” a Jew who has away from Judaism often proves a good prospect for conversion. Such a Jew is far more to leran t and ready to listen to th e claims of Chris tian ity th a n his more orthodox Jewish brother. Such was th e case of a young Jew ess w ith whom our workers recently became acquainted. H er fath e r was a business man, and, though profess edly orthodox, they seldom attended the synagogue. The daughter had a splendid business education as well as being a very talented musician. She had recently married a Gentile, which is considered a g reat offense in Jewish circles. H er marriage proved to be a sic. m “ I w ill d e s tr o y th e w is d o m o f t h e w is e , a n d w ill b rin g : t o n o th in g t h e u n d e r s ta n d in g o f t h e p r u d e n t.” X C o r. 1 :1 8 . B OW th ank fu l we are tn a t “ the foolishness of God Is wiser th a n men.” Quite frequently we meet men on th e vessels drifted
a friend w ith me mentioned It, and he himself said when we sta rted to leave, “Oh, I feel so much b etter, I feel well enough to go home.” The next day we received a call from his wife saying she had been to see him. He told her he had accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour and th a t he was “Oh, so much b etter.” We could bu t quote this verse to th em : “ If any man be in Christ he i s ' a new creatu re; old things are passed away, and behold, all things are become new.” These are some of th e privileges we have in addition to holding meetings in the shops, car-barns and industrial sections of th is g reat city. Is it any Wonder th a t we are praying God to raise-up a sp iritual host of friends who will be constrained by His p jwer to pray for and support th is work? We covet this. of the g reat sorrow which had come to her, she was open to conviction and responsive. She adm itted having heard of th e plan of salvation before, bu t had never given serious though t to h er own personal relation to God. She is an illu stration of the tru th of the Scripture in which Moses says of God, “They shall find me when they seek for me w ith th e ir whole ¿h e a rt.” Being sincere in h er desire to know the tru th , it was not difficult to lead her to receive Jesus Christ as her Mes siah and Saviour. Before leaving for San Francisco, she confessed to her fath er, in the presence of the* workers, th a t she had received Jesus Christ as her SaviOUi. very unhappy one, and it was ju st at th e tim e when she most needed a friend th a t our workers met her. In view
WORK AMONG THE JEWS Janie» A . V aus, Supt.— Bible classes an d Personal W ork, S treet M eetings an d Sem i-M onthly M ass M eetings for Jew s of Los A ngeles.
SEAMEN’S WORK Claud» Pearson, Supt.— O ur w orker» b o ard all vessels in th e p o rt ml San Pedro, holding Gospel Services an d D istrib u tin g L iteratu re.
who are so proud of th e ir knowledge of religious erro r th a t they are hard to deal with. ■ “Have you ever read Tom Paine, Bob Ingersoll or Wells’ H istory of th e World,” asked one m a n ;1“ they flatly contradict the Bible.” “ Yes, I know they do,” answered the
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