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THE KING’S BUSINESS
The Fishermen’s Club They. are strong, healthy, vigorous young men from all walks of life ■ and from all denominations. The evangelistic committee of the Club never seeks an opening but responds to in vitations from young people’s societies and almost every Sunday night they are en gaged in one or two such meetings, in which they become an inspiration to bet ter service. Of the seventeen men who have served as presidents, fourteen are still in active Christian work. Three are on the foreign field ; five are studying for the ministry; one is a volunteer for the foreign field, and the others are aggressive in the work of the Church. Of the hundreds of members who have passed through the Club, scores are scattered throughout the world doing business for the King, repre sentatives being in China, Japan, South America and Africa. The dining room was filled with the members of the Club on Monday evening, April 27th, and the anniversary service, conducted by Mr. Harry Hill, the presi dent, was very inspiring. The program was of an informal character. The male quar tette furnished selections and messages •were given from old and new members. the Oilfields Superintendent D ear S irs :—Am writing to thank you for sending us Mr. Sloan once more. We were on the field when Mr. Sloan made his first visit here and each year have anx iously looked forward to his return. He brings us the “Message” in the sweet, sim ple way we love to hear it. Can you won- • der that we think, so much of him and are so thankful to you for sending him to us when I tell you that when he was here three years ago my husband accepted Christ as his Saviour. We aiso want to thank you for Mr. Lines, who brought us the message through his wonderfully sweet singing. —E x tra c t from a letter from Coalinga.
Eighth Anniversary of T HE FISHERMEN’S CLUB is eight years old. From seven members Who gathered eight years ago in the base ment of Immanuel Presbyterian Church, the Club has grown to a membership of one hundred and fifty and an average weekly attendance of one hundred and twenty-five men. The Club was organized to study the Word of God and do personal work among young men and has held steadfastly to its purpose. It has never done anything else. At its inception the Club became aggres sive in soul-saving work and the name was taken some months after it had been in the fishing business. The Club elects its officers every six months and its business' meeting lasts usually for half an hour at those intervals. It has, never had a gather ing of any kind that has not had for; its object, the study of God’s Word, the deep- enirtg of Christian life and the •saving:of others. It has had two or three banquets, to which unsaved men were invited, ‘and each banquet was followed by a surrender Service. Several times trips have been made to the mountains for a day and a night, but always with Bible in hand and some men to deal with. The members of the Club are not effeminate, by any means. The Work in William Sloan, T he month of March was spent in the Coalinga oil field. Three places were visited and meetings held—fifty-two in all. We had thirty conversions during the month and six united with the church. Two young menjoined church last night. One had been raised a Lutheran in a Chris tian home, but when he came to this coun try he drifted away from everything that was right and became a bartender for twenty years. Drink and its kindred spirits completely got the best of him. His testi mony of praise for deliverance was mar velous. ' God’s power saves and keeps. “I came not to call the righteous.”
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