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tion Home, qn Sunday afternoons, where there are so many little fellows young in years but old in sin, even to committing murder. Next comes a Thursday morning meeting at the Cpllege Y- M. C. A., while the regular shops, carbarns, fire engine houses, etc., are always opening their doors crying, “Come over and help us.” We have had such a fine location opened to us at the corner of Seventh and Hill Streets, where hundreds of people are pass ing constantly, and where some stand by the hour listening to the old-time Gospel, and tracts by the hundreds are distributed daily. How grateful we are for all these oppor tunities just in our little comer, but it gives one a peep into one part of the great work God is permitting the Bible Institute to share with others in bringing glory to Himself, through its various activities. We have such encouraging letters from the boys in San Quentin. Here is an extract from one from “Sammy” : “Just sit down some evening when alone and pic ture in your mind a poor, unfortunate con vict behind prison walls, with the whole world shut out from him; not a friend, not a relative, not a cent in the world— I F you could be with the worker as he deals with the men who come into the Club, you would say with him that “life is just one continual round of pleasure,” for truly there is no pleasure which can be compared with that which comes from see ing souls born into the kingdom. We have in mind a young man who, in reply to the question as to whether he had been born again, replied, “No, but I am trying to find out.” After talking with him a few minutes it developed that he had been attending some Mormon meetings and was impressed with what they told him,- and so really was trying to find out about
not even a kind word; working at the same thing, day in and day out, and all of a sudden, you hear from a person who has a heart and who takes an interest in this said convict, no matter what the world holds against him. Why, its enough to make any one sit up and take notice!” Sammy is what is known as a “long-timer” and it’s great to bring a message of hope from the God of all hope and consolation to one in such deep need. Here, too, are letters from the boys in the camps. Some of them are motherless lads, hungry for some word of sympathy and encouragement, as they are about to start for “No Man’s Land.” One could easily spend all his time just, writing. One afternoon last week was spent at the County Hospital, where lay a great mul titude of impotent folk waiting—many for death—in the sad delusion that death would end it all. We watched them wheeling the beds out of the wards, and looked into the faces of men, women and children who in a few short hours would pass into eternity- How we longed for time and a thousand tongues to sweetly tell the glories forth which in the Saviour shine, ere it was time for the door to be closed. the way of salvation. After reading to him some of the passages that deal with sin, revealing to him the Saviour who came all the way from glory to save him, he broke down, and believing that he was lost and that Jesus would save him according to the Word of God, he then and there accepted Christ as his personal Saviour. He left with a Bible under his arm, tears in his eyes and a burden rolled from his heart. Do you not think that this would give pleasure Well, the Lord has been good to all of us, and has said, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” (Matt. 4:19).-
----------O-------- BIOLA CLUB Marion H. Reynolds, Supt.
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