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ship d istrib u tin g lite ra tu re in th e ir ow n lan g u ag e, w hich, w ith p ra y er fo r G o d ’s blessing, p re p are d th em fo r th e services held by th re e Ja p a n ese stu d e n ts from th e B ible In s titu te on th e follow in g day. I t w as a g lo rio u s tim e ! In all, fo u r sep a ra te g ath e rin g s w ere held on -the ship, th re e o f th em a t th e sam e tim e. .Tw o sp eak ers spoke fo r tw o full h o u rs each, and ev eryw h ere little g ro u p s w ere seen read in g th e tra c ts an d G ospels. v
C h rist, alm o st a ll o f th em m en tio n in g th e b lessing w hich th e re ad in g o f th e tra c ts had been to them . I t w as a to u ch in g scene, an d a g re a t love fo r th e people w as k in d led in th e h e arts o f th e W orkers. G od h ad su rely fed th eir h u n g ry souls. A s th e ship left th e h a rb o r w e felt th a t w e w ere p a rtin g from v ery d e ar an d p recio u s frien d s. G od w ill follow th em , an d as th ey a rriv e in P e ru a n d go to w o rk on th e p lan tatio n s, w e p ray th a t H e
Scene During Services on Board Japanese Steamer in Los Angeles Harbor
T h e recep tio n on th e p a rt o f th e cap tain an d officers w as v ery frien d ly a n d ev ery th in g possible w as done to m ak e th e stay of th e w o rk e rs . a p leasan t one. . E v en a tab le w as sp read fo r them , a fte r th e service, in th e fin ely -fu rn ish ed cabin o f th e first of ficer, w ho w as fo u n d to fie a dev o u t C h ris tia n an d an e arn e st B ible stu d en t, a n d w ho talk e d w ith p leasu re o f th e th in g s o f God. A s a re su lt o f th e day ’s cam paign, th ro u g h th e p e rso n a l to u ch of th e th ree w o rk ers, th irty -o n e p ro fessed to accept
w ill u se th em to b rin g o th ers to H im self, an d m ak e th em a b lessin g in th a t land. T h e w o rk e rs rejo ice in th is a n o th e r op p o rtu n ity to reach d ista n t sh o res an d ev an gelize a village fa r off acro ss th e 's e a s . A few days a fte r th e visit to th e Jap an ese steam er, a to u ch in g m essag e cam e from an o th e r so u rce o f how G od h ad w o rk ed in th a t m eetin g . I t w as a b it o f new s in a local Jap a n ese d aily p ap er, saying th a t a certain w om an p asse n g er an d h e r h u sb an d h ad p lan n ed to go to P e ru an d m ak e som e
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