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God” was offered td him. He was a hard case. After a few months he came back with the ship and when met again by the worker, said, “I didn’t understand you about this ‘being born again’ at all. I always thought one must die first. I couldn’t feet it into my head. But say, that hook by Moody which you gave me is the best book I ever read in all my life. I went to bed and thought I’d read a little before sleep ing, but I declare I couldn’t stop, and kept on until 2 o’clock in the morning. Why, I was bawling like a kid. That’s going, some for a fellow like me: . And those illustra tions—one can just see it all stand before him!” The month has been a blessed one. His hand was seen in a thousand little ways, .and, the ships ,continue to bring many to be touched here and sent away to all cor ners of the | earth. . Pray for the printed page.. There are many who are thinking deeply, and the literature given out has proven a big blessing, and we believe most of the results will be seen up. yonder. Pilate tried to free the Lord Jesus but could not. Then he compared Pilate to other men and showed how man, with all his boast ing, is weak and unable either to free him self or any one else from the bondage of sin. “Why,” said he, “a lot of you men are under bondage to even so little a thing as a cigarette, and are not able to free yourselves.” Then he showed that when we were without strength Christ died for the ungodly. - He spoke for almost an hour, and with the undion of the Holy Spirit. It was a splendid message and the men listened at tentively, Oh, what a great opportunity that old Plaza presents for preaching the unsearchable riches of Christ to the multi tudes of Spanish-speaking people who con gregate there! We hold Gospel meetings
German, with almost yellow, hair and blue eyes, and had all the appearance of, a child in his ways. He was homesick apd told the worker he was the first one to show him kindness and a desire to help him. “I have not been to. church since I was confirmed,” he said, “and if I went no one would want me or care whether I wbs saved of not.” He was deeply ¿tirred, and it was easy to preach to him and to love him. He felt God would hot want him as no one had ever cared for him, but as the message came to him, that Christ came to save sinners, he decided for Christ, and it was a joy to see his child-like faith as he was grounded upon the Rock, and conscious that his safety was in Christ. He eagerly took a copy of the “Way to God” in German, and tears stood in his eyes as he thanked the worker for coming to speak to him, Some time ago a Catholic cook was met who. said he would stay by his church whether right or wrong, saying he “knew all about it” as a copy of “The Way to G QoWITH, us to the* old Mexican Plaza, ¡¿HorthrMain Street, and listen to a man who, a-.^tf}ei,over a year, ago, was in the rnJiJkg’bf the anarchists. Often had he stood, neat this, same old, plaza and hurled anathe mas,.against-our Lord and His Word- H® is now addressing an open-air audience of Mexicans, His text is the dialogue between pur Lord and Pontius Pilate, John 19:10, 11: “Then Pilate saith unto him, speakest, thou not to me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and, have power to' release thee? -Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above.” The speaker then went on to show that Pilate’s boasted power- was only a show of words; that he was at heart a coward, and impotent ; that all the power he had- was limited by God’s decree. He showed how
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