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one of the cabins on a Nippon freighter and to find a young fellow who said th a t he was no t a Christian bu t desired to be one, having bought a Bible' and reading it on th e way across from Japan. A consciousness ,was felt th a t here evidently was a Spirit-prepared man, and th a t the Spirit had led th e w orker to th is place to say, as did Philip of old to the eunuch: “Understandest thou w hat thou rea d est?” and to h ear the reply “How can I except some man should guide m e?” This chief w ireless operator khew not as yet how simple it was to take one verse pointing to Christ and “ to lean h ard ” and fully tru s t him self to Christ He had an idea th a t he must read and study all "a b o u t” th e Bible, instead of accepting the Saviour of th e Bible and re st in the finished work of Christ. The way was made plain and stepping into the light of God’s Word and His love, th is fellow accepted Christ, prom ising to read the S criptures now as a child of God desir ing “to follow and to know th e Lord” b etter day afte r day. Why do men read the Bible and rem ain unsaved? Is it no t th a t they fail to see th e simplicity of th e plan* of salvation, and often because they wander about th e green pastu res of th e Word, instead of stopping and feeding and resting in one spot? A young fel low accepting Christ th a t day, before his decision had a certain off-hand knowledge of the Scriptures bu t it was only when he stopped wandering about aim lessly in the p astu re of God’s Word and rested on John 1:12 which was shown him, th a t he p u t his proud head down and fed on the bountiful grace of God. He did not know th a t verse was in th e Bible. It seems th a t the Infidel and H igher Critic, etc., all trav erse the green meadows of th e Scriptures, pride holding th e ir head up, preventing them from stooping in tru e hum ility to see and to taste how good th e Lord is. The salvation of th is fellow helped the
worker to realize more and more the necessity of helping th e unsaved to pin th e ir tru s t on to such a verse as John 1 : 12 . Speaking to a ‘crowd on the stree t and telling of some things in regard to th e men on the ships, th e worker was approached afte r the service by a man who asked if he left Dutch tra c ts on th e Holland ships. The reply being “Yes,” the man told th e worker how he was led to salvation, being deeply con victed of his need of a Saviour by the reading of a tra c t which was left on the bed in his cabin by a man then unknown to him. He had a peculiar experience. F irst, a t sixteen or eigh teen years of age, convicted of his lost condition, bu t finding no help from the pastor of a church in Holland. Then going to sea for th irty or more years trying to forget his condition, God send ing the simple message of a tra c t to him making him sleepless and restless for two weeks. Going out in search of someone to lead him to Christ, God had a lady on the stre e t prepared to point him to a mission and th e re he was soundly converted. He told of God’s grace and love causing him to re tu rn so full of praise and joy to th e ship th a t he became a w itness to all who knew him. Then having to leave th e ship, finding work in San Francisco, he testified and preached on th e stree t; God showing him afte r weeks th a t he was to give up th e job a t which he had been working. He told of his running away from the will of God, like Jonah, and how he had to re tu rn to th e place to apologize, and how, getting into harm fu l teaching regard ing unscrip- tu ra l sanctification, he was led to be helped by the man who left the tra c t on his bed on board ship months before this. Many and needy are the cases we meet. P ray much for us. Ships are leaving constantly, having men on board who have been saved through
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