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The following paragraphs are gleaned from reports o f departments made at the Monthly Luncheon and R e port Hour, April 4, 1930. The Extension Department m f w IS S MARIE CARTER continues her busy
have helped me to pass many long hours in my cell which other wise would have been lonely, in closer communion with my heavenly Father and my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. . . . I want you to know that I expect to leave here a better man than when I came in, and that my friends in the Los Angeles Bible Institute have been a great help in accomplishing the change by sending me the light that has brightened my path and guided me straight to the Fountain of life where I can be constantly in touch with my blessed Saviour, Redeemer, and Friend. — O — The Shop Meetings T HE ten or twelve shop meetings which are held every week have recently been enjoying much blessing from the Lord in spite of new opposition. In some of the shops a spirit of radical Socialism or Bolshevism is abroad. Sometimes the shop workers find their meeting has to endure the competition of soap-box orators who try to draw the crowd away from them. One such agent of Bolshevism recently attempted to lure thè shopmen away from the Gospel meeting by urging the men to have noth ing to do with us. He declared that we were agents of the capitalists, sent to keep them in subjection. He insisted that there is no God, no Christ, no hell, and no heaven. His effort proved in vain, for the men soon turned away from him to listen to the greatest thing on earth, the Gospel of salvation. We have recently been using a prophetic chart to ex plain the truth of Christ’s second coming. A man listen ing to this message at one of the shops one day was greatly moved. He had a Christian wife and three children, and the thought of his separation from them at the time of the coming of the Lord overcame him. He definitely accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord upon invitation. Testi mony came later from his wife that their home had been transformed and they were all happy in the Lord. — o — The Seamen’s Work M ANY people have been led to believe that all sailors are rough, brawny folk with ideals none too uplift ing. Some sailor lads are of this sort, it is true, but we also find many who come from the very finest homes with ideals of the best sort. This is frequently the case among our foreign mercantile men. On many of the British and Japanese vessels the young men are required to serve from two to four years as apprentices before taking examinations for higher ratings. We are always glad when opportunity is offered to deal with such young men about God’s plan for their lives. We discovered two boys of this type recently on a British ship. They cordially accepted Christian tracts and maga zines which we offered. We asked if they had Bibles and were pleased to have an affirmative answer and to find that the Bibles were kept where they were readily at hand. We asked also if they knew the plan of salvation. They responded that they did not, but would like to know it. We received permission to underscore and mark certain verses in the sacred Volume which taught them their lost
activities in the Bay section. Her program is Tuesday, 3 P. M., Visitation to Valley Tuesday, 7 P. M., San Francisco Business
Women’s Class. Wednesday, 8 P. M., Chinese Class. Friday, 7 A. M., San Francisco Chinese Class. Friday, 6 :30 P. M., San Rafael Business Girls’ Class. Saturday, 6 P. M., Berkeley Eteri Club. The Chinese classes are encouraging. The Wednesday night class has an attendance of between fourteen and twenty. A splendid group comes also at the seven o’clock hour on Friday morning. The Eteri Club at Berkeley is interesting, being composed of girls between the ages of eleven and sixteen. They have discussion groups in which they talk about their problems. Then there is Bible study and talks by the girls. The subjects are mainly: “Per sonal work, its place in Christian life” ; and “Methods of proper approach and service.” Britton Ross, having concluded his successful evan gelistic work in the Northwest, is now in Texas, where he is opening the field for Bible conferences and evangelistic campaigns. He will be very glad to get in touch with all the friends of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles who live in that territory. —o— Correspondence Department A CORRESPONDENCE student writes: “I used to read the Bible; now I study it.” A student of foreign birth but with sufficient knowl edge of English to enable him to pursue the course of study, rejoices because of what he has learned. We repro duce his exact language: When I study Section 2, Part 4, of my interesting course, my heart so burn up and full with thanksgiving joy, I wrote 2 Chron. 20:19 and say to myself, “I f I had been in Los Angeles I would start on the Bible Institute and with loud voice praising Lord for His living and gracious truths that manifested me with His grace.” Through a special fund obtained from generous friends we are able to enroll a few students who, because of their circumstances, would be unable to pay the neces sary fee. Among such is a prisoner in one of our penal institutipns who expresses his appreciation as follows: I wish that I could find words to properly express my appre ciation of the friends who have made it possible for me to enjoy the blessings that I have received during the time that I have been privileged to study these lessons from God’s Holy Word. . . . These courses have been very inspiring to me and
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