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God to save you and keep you.” The young fellow was silent and thoughtful as the message was given him in his own lan guage and the Spirit worked with him as the Word was given. He stopped sweep ing and leaning on his broom, eagerly took the message in and in spite of others com ing in the room, he finally received Christ as his personal Saviour. In place of the literature found on board the bbat, on which he was destroying his life, he now gladly received booklets on the Way of Life. As he has only been ten months in this country we rejoice in being permitted to reach him, and ask definite prayers for him. I t is very refreshing, after one goes up against all kinds of men, steeped in sin, trifling and unconcerned, to find a little nook or corner where a man asks questions about eternal life, candidly and sincerely, confessing himself to be a sinner. “How can a man be saved? Can you tell me how you know and what reason you have for be lieving you are saved? What does it mean to be born again?” These were the ques tions put before the worker, coming from a heart that wanted to know. He said that he wanted to give up his old life which was a failure and thought by abstaining from outward practices of sin in some way to at least better his condition. “That’s the reason I am here on board tonight, while the other men are all going on shore to drink and play and spend their money,” he added. He saw nothing in the life of sin and found no peace in doing good, as he had expected. He needed Christ and be ing told so by the worker, who went over and over the words of Scripture, he saw why he had no peace and was willing at least to accept Christ. This he professed to do. The worker left him the Word, and “A ssurance o f Salvation,” by D. L . M oody, and prays that next time he will see him rejoicing in the assurance that all that is needed to save a man (on man’s side) is faith in Christ’s atoning blood, without works. Prayers are asked for him.
though indifferent himself, said: “I read the book you gave me and loaned it to my shipmates here on the boat, and they read it on our last trip.” O n e day while we were distributing Spanish portions and Gospels a Chileno left his post of duty, where he was handling the hoisting machinery and motioned that he wanted a book larger than the Gospel. He was so earnest in his appeal for “Lucas M arcos” that an extra supply was secured from Los Angeles, and when he received a whole New Testament the next day he was Overwhelmed with joy and thanked the worker for it. The worker saw more than this one man. He could see that Bible- barren country to the south and in this man, “The man of Macedonia,” calling, “Come over and help us.” The next day Brother J—, after speaking in Spanish to those on the boat, left his address with this particular young man, and received a letter saying that after reading the literature he had received Christ. He asked for more literature to take with him to South Amer ica. We pray that God will mightily use the printed page that is sent, in that little mountain town in Chile. A little volume of smoke on the horizon marked the arrival of one of the typical merchant vessels from a long trip of forty- eight days. “We have not stopped to take on water, fuel or provisions since we left New York. Our big engines did not shut down once since we left Sfmd Hook until we stopped inside the breakwater this morning.” This an officer informed the worker when he went on board. “During that long time,” a young German told the worker, “I learned to know what the life at sea is. Words cannot express the ex periences gone through. It is too awful. Such sin! I was brough up different at home, but it would not’ take long and I would be as bad off as the others.” “If you are not born again you are as bad off right now, condemned in the sight of God,” the worker told him. “You need the Power of
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