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The Work of the Yokefellows William Sloan, Superintendent
R EV. WM. SLOAN, who has been work ing with the Bible Institute for the last five years among the oil men of the state in evangelistic work, took charge of the work at Yoke Fellow’s Hall on September first. A work for men by men will be carried on. A street meeting will be held each even ing at seven o’clock in front of the mission door, where testimonies to the saving power of Jesus Christ can be heard. The servant of Jesus Christ who is sure he has a mes sage for men will be given right of way when he proves his message. Following thé street meeting each evening a service will be held in the hall. Men that love to do personal work in winning souls for Christ can be used any day or evening. T he majority of men who come into the mission and frequent this section of Los Angeles know that they need a Saviour. The needs of these men, briefly stated, are three—first the Gospel; second, a-place to work; third, a place to eat and sleep until work can be secured. These are pressing needs at the present time and they will be come far greater as the winter comes on. T N spite of unsettled commercial condi- tions in the shipping world, the war has had but little effect upon ships coming to our harbor. The past month brought a good number of ships, a half dozen among them being the first arrivals through the Panama Canal, opening thereby a still larger field of service with really great opportuni ties to reach a vast number of men with the Gospel. A nother time, an officer was approached on one of the foreign ships. He was in his cabin preparing to leave the ship. It was rather a queer time to attempt definite per sonal work, under the circumstances, but God had His way and led the worker to
Men who serve the devil usually do not have anything left but sin and sins. Men are being saved every night in this mission. You can help to save more by your pray ers, your labor, and your money. Give of these as graciously as you can, in the name of the Lord Jesus. T he M ission is now open from two o’clock in the afternoon until nine-thirty in the evening every day. If we are to pro vide for the physical needs of men, you will help to make it possible. Every man who believes in helping the lost, or believes that he is to act in 'Christ’s stead with the Gospel and ministry of reconciliation is invited to look into the kind of work the Yoke Fel low’s Hall is doing and help to make the work more effectual. M onday evenings will be called “Con verts’ Night” and will be a “Get together night” for those who have recently started in the Christian life. Wednesday evenings will be given up to Bible study, and the great doctrinal truths will be studied and applied. Consecrated men who play and have musical instruments can be blessedly used each night or any evening speak very definitely to him about Christ and his relationship to God’s Son. He was seemingly a moral man, yet unable to say he was born again and was therefore with out God and hope. The Way was shown to him as also God’s method of saving a man. He saw his lost condition and said, finally, he would accept Christ. His decision came as a seemingly easy result, yet when the worker questioned him as to whether he was really in earnest or just merely saying yes to him instead of to God from his heart, he answered that he would not say yes unless he meant it. He was left with the message of the necessity of his confes sion of Christ publicly.
The Work in Los Angeles Harbor O. Zimmerman, Superintendent
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