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will be lo st in Thine. That, like my humble birth-place, I may not hinder Thee And give men clearer vision of Jesus Christ in me.” iWe remember the despondent and defeated au tho r of them as one who was
more th a n usually burdened w ith a sense of crushing defeat; and th e con tra stin g joy and peace which came to him as th e Christ of th e cross was pressed upon him for immediate salva tion, F ebruary _7th, 1921, a t Biola Hall, was gratifying to see.
SEAMEN’S WORK C lau d e P e a rs o n , S u p t. —Our w orkers board a ll vessels in the port of San Pedro, ho lding G ospel Services and D istrib u tin g L ite ratu re. “L oo k unto me, and be ye saved, a ll the ends of the earth ; fo r I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn b y m y self, /the word is . K'one out o f m y m outh in r ig h teousness, and sh all not return, T h a t unto me every knee sh a ll bow , every tongue sh a ll sw ear.” Isaiah 45:22, 23. day w ith a Testam ent for him. We thought of a tim e coming of which God speaks thu s: “Behold the days come, saith th e Lord God, th a t I will send a fam ine in th e land, not a fam ine of bread, nor a th ir s t for w ater bu t of hearing the words, of the Lord.”
Many ships th is month have borne the m arks of God’s w itnesses for we found men who loved the L o rd1Jesus and were hungry for fellowship w ith brothers in Christ. Then it was our privilege to point them to verses of the blessed Word which would comfort, strengthen and .encourage th e ir hearts to w itness for Him. P ra y fo r th is Mohammedan On one of the B ritish vessels we met th ree Filipino boys who loved the Lord. One of the boys informed us th a t one of his friends, a Mohammedan, wanted to become a Christian. Of course we would have been glad to lead th is one to Christ, bu t we thought it best to „teach th is Filipino boy how to lead his friend to th e One who would pardon his sins and give him eternal life. When we left them , both were happy, for one had learned how to use his Bible in w inning th e lost to Christ and th e other had ta u g h t him how to use it. B rother, sister, friend, as you read these lines, resolve th a t from th is mo ment on you will pray definitely for the workers in th is -needy \field. At the judgm ent seat of Christ you will be ■richly rew arded for service thu s ren dered.
JITH joy and thanksgiving, afte r several m onths’ ab sence, we solicit prayer for bur work a t the harbor. W ith out it we are helplesB. Looking over the names of vessels visited and ipeditat.ing upon experiences of the month, our thoughts were direct ed to the Scriptures given above. Surely th e Word has gone fo rth into many lands. B ritish, Canadian, French, Nor wegian, Spanish, Mexican, Japanese, Dutch and American vessels have been visited. L iteratu re in twelve different languages has been distributed. Con versations w ith men, though often short, have been direct w ith th e Word of God fo r we know th a t th is is the in strum en t the Holy Spirit uses in con victing men of sin, of righteousness and of judgm ent to come. E ag er fo r L ite ra tu re Not always do we receive a cordial welcome bu t on one F rench vessel the men reached out their, arm s eagerly to receive th e literatu re. One man Was so hungry fo r it th a t we gave him two Gospels, one of Luke and one of John, bu t he followed us to th e gang plank begging fo r a Bible. H is pleas were so earn est th a t we retu rn ed the next
SPANISH WORK R obert H . B ender, S upt.— Gospel M eetings an d H ouse to H ouse W ork am ong 50,000 M exicans in Los A ngeles an d V icinity. “H e b rou gh t them out o f darkness and the shadow o f death, and b rake th eir bands in sunder. Oh, th a t men would p raise the L o rd fo r his goodness and for his w onderful w orks to the children o f m en.” “ G re at is the L o rd and g re a tly to be praised.’* ® UR h ea rt is overflowing w ith
g ratitude fo r what our eyes have seen during th e past month. If th ere ever was a people in darkness and in the shadow
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