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sage and again and again they would remark, “ That is true.” They seemed so hungry for the truth that we were glad we could give them the Gospel for they have been denied the true Bread of Life and given a stone of cold formality and ceremonialism. On leaving we re ceived an urgent invitation to return soon. Six Men Take Christ In another camp that we had visited a few times and where we had given the message we were lead to ask the men for a decision and among fifteen, six men decided to accept Christ. I asked them if they would be willing to kneel down with me and call upon the Lord and one young man was so anxious that he got down immediately. Five more followed him, each one calling upon the Lord. Afterward we gave them some instructions, as well as a marked New Testament each. One day every week we have a noon meeting with about thirty-five Mexican men. There seems to be quite a bit of interest for the men give splendid attention while we sing and preach. On our last visit a young fellow said to us, “ Continue to come.” We have given most of the men either a Gospel of John or a Testament and many are reading the Word of God. Even the children seem interested. As soon as We get into a settlement and the baby organ sends forth its sweet strains, a host of children gather around. We then teach them some verse of Scripture and the chorus of a hymn. We also talk to them. Children Without Instruction At one service we asked how many would like to receive Jesus so He might make them good. One little fellow put up his hand immediately. It makes our hearts sad to find such large numbers of children in every settlement growing up like a lot of weeds without any religious instruction at all. How we wish that we were able to teach these little ones regularly! There are at least five Mexi can settlements where from forty to a hundred children could be gathered into a Sunday School. Oh, the need is so great! Who will help? Please pray that God may provide a place in some of these camps for the children to gather and some consecrated volunteer to teach the little ones for the need is great. Pray! Pray! and pray some more! ROBERT H. BENDER, Superintendent.
SHOP WORK
Using Everyday Illustrations Lehrning from the example of the Lord Jesus Christ that in approaching men and in getting their attention we can profitably take some of the common things around us and draw some very precious Scriptural lessons from them, the writer here gives a few instances In this connection. In going into one of our largest shops a warm day last week, we noticed that the men were in line waiting to get a drink at the fountain^ Why were these men lined up to get a drink? Because they were thirsty.. They Jmew that water would quench their thirst. This afforded us a good opportunity to tell the men of the inward thirst; how all over the world among all classes of peo ple there is a deep-seated thirst. This thirst cannot be satisfied with anything else except that which was created to satisfy it. There is nothing that satis fies a man’s physical thirst like water. He may drink all kinds of beverages, and still be unsatisfied without water. So it is with a man’s soul’s thirst. He may try everything else. He may bring every pleasure in life to satisfy it, but still be unsatisfied without the real fountain of life. So if you are thirsty today, step up and let Jesus satisfy that thirst as only He can. “ Checking In” ‘At another time there was another il lustration of this same thought at this same shop. The men were all in line to check in. t afforded a good oppor tunity to tell the men of the line that they were standing in every day all through life. The millions in the world are all in this line. They are all ap pointed their time to check in. They have no other choice. The only thing they have time for is to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour, and that time is now. On closing the mes sage we looked into these dear fellows’ faces and put the question to them, and two of them then and there took their stand for Jesus as their personal Sav iour. And so we go on with the work week in and week out praying that as we sow the seed, we may in the days to come reap a rich harvest of souls for the Master. Now as we are to leave this work for a few months to go up into- Oregon and Washington in Evangelistic work, we trust that God will lay it on your hearts to pray for us and also for
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