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one w ho seem ed deeply in te rested . T h ey re jo ice because o f th is n ew to k en o f G od’s b lessin g u p o n th e ir lab o rs, an d a re glad H e does tra n s fo rm lives o n b o a rd ships. In a sh o rt tim e a n o th e r larg e steam er from Y o k o h am a a n d H o n g K o n g is due w ith p assen g ers, an d w e p ra y fo r a n o th e r tim e o f h arv est. W ill yo u n o t p ray , and p ra y m uch, fo r b o th ste am ers th a t H e m ay be glorified.
m oney th ro u g h traffic in g irls fo r im m o ral p u rp o ses, b u t th ro u g h re ad in g th e W o rd a n d liste n in g to th e m essag e, G od h ad b ro u g h t co n v ictio n to th e h e a rt of th e w o m an an d sh e saw h e r sin. G oing to th e first officer o f th e ship sh e co n fessed h er sin fu l in te n tio n an d h e r re so lu tio n to give up -the life sh e h a d in ten d ed to e n te r upon, an d req u ested him to ta k e h e r b ack to Ja p a n on th e sam e ship. T h e w o rk e rs h ad no ticed am o n g th e m an y ra th e r p o o rly clad w om en,
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T T'O R th e e n co u rag em en t o f th o se w ho h av e th e w o rk o f th e sh o p s an d c ar b a rn s £u p o n th e ir h earts, w e a re g ra te fu l to G od fo r w h a t o u r eyes h av e seen o f th e m ark ed ch an g e in th e a ttitu d e o f th e m en, an d th e q u ietn ess w h ich h as b een m an i fest d u rin g th e p a st w eeks, in th ese busy an d u su ally n o isy places w h e re th e G ospel o f th e g ra ce o f G od is b ein g c a rrie d ev ery day. W e h av e h a d m an y a q u iet, e arn e st ta lk w ith th e m en an d w e a re confident th e reap in g w ill cpm e by a n d by. W e h av e also a n o te o f p ra ise to so u n d fo r b ein g fo rtu n a te in secu rin g a n able B ible w om an w h o h as b eg u n read in g s am o n g th e w ives o f th e carm en . S h e w o u ld v alu e th e p ra y e rs o f th o se in te rested in o u r w o rk , fo r th e S p irit’s d ra w in g of m an y to th ese w eekly m eetin g s, th a t th ey m ay k n o w H im w ho is life e tern al, an d th a t th ey m ay becom e ro o ted a n d g ro u n d ed in th ese sad d ay s o f d e p a rtu re from th e faith once fo r all d eliv ered to th e saints. W e p raise G od fo r still a n o th e r field of service open to us, in co n n ectio n w ith th e w o rk shops o f th e S a lt L ak e R ailro ad , w h ere th e' in te rest in o u r B ib le read in g s d u rin g lu n ch h o u r h as been q u ite m ark ed . O u r sp len d id O pen-air m eetin g fo r th e m en an d boys a t th e F o rd A u to W o rk s is in
c reasin g in in te re st an d atten d an ce. M en a re re ad y an d q u ite eag er in m an y in stan ces to receiv e o u r G ospel m essage, b o th in v erb al an d ep isto lary fo rm . W e w a n t yo u also to co n tin u e in in te r cessio n fo r th e m en a t th e w o rk s o f th e W e s te rn P ip e an d S teel C om pany, w h ere m an y a re h a ltin g b etw een tw o opinions. W e are n o t an tic ip a tin g an easie r tim e as th e en d o f th e ag e o f g ra ce d ra w s n e are r, b u t am id a field o f m u ch h a rd soil an d difficulties, w ith h ig h -w alled cities an d m ig h ty sons o f A n a k to en co u n ter o n ev ery side, still o u r g racio u s- G od (w h om w e m u st n o t fo rg et is A lm ig h ty ) does give us m u ch to ch eer a n d en co u rag e o u r h e a rts as w e p re ss fo rw a rd in th £ b attle, k n ow in g it is H is, a n d n o t o u rs, an d th e en d can only spell v icto ry fo r H e w h o n e v er yet lo st a single battle. O u r q u iet little ch ats w ith th e m en as w e e n co u n ter th em on th e ir cars in d icate th a t th e W o rd is sin k in g in a n d b earin g fru it in th e ir lives, fo r w h ere th e re is a sim ple, cle ar p re sen ta tio n o f th e G ospel H e m u st h o n o r it. O n e b rig h t, sm ilin g co n d u c to r said in effect, “T h e re ’s ju s t one w ay a fte r all, to be h ap p y all th e day an d th a t spells Jesu s, Je su s only.” O u r boys a re g ra te fu l an d ap p reciativ e v
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