September, 1935
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T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
D aily O pen in g s for S oul -W in n in g ’ : Opportunities ordinarily come to us every day to point some one to Christ. Just recently I had occasion to go out from New York City to Roosevelt Field. It was necessary for me to take a taxicab from the station to the airport. In conversation with the taxicab driver, I found that he had a wife and daughter who attended church regularly, but that he himself seldom went. Upon being asked whether he was a Christian, he said, “No,” and gave as part of his reason the fact that his occupation called for work on the Lord’s day. Matthew 6 :33 was used to point out that faiths fulness to God results in supplying all our need. We talked over the matter on the way, and then upon arrival at the field, I asked him whether he did not think that the day be fore Easter would be an excellent time for him to receive Christ as his Saviour according to John 1:12. He hesi tated, but finally gave in, and there in the front seat of that taxicab he prayed to God, accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord. One morning; driving down to my office, I picked up a colored man. He said that he was attending a church in Alexandria, Va., but that he was not a Christian. When the question was put to him, he said that he wished to be a Christian. We stopped the car at the side of the road, and he prayed with me, and thereby accepted the Lord Jesus as Saviour. Then in his own words he thanked God that he had become a child of God. He was unable to read or write (not uncommon near the National Capitol), and I wrote his name in the front of a Gospel of John, putting the date and hour next to the name. He made his mark by the side of his name and said that he would have some one at home read the Gospel of John to him. The remain der of the way into Washington was spent in teaching him John 1 :12, the Scriptural basis of his conversion. One late afternoon I was waiting in Alexandria while the family shopping was being done. A young man ap proached me and asked for money with which to get some thing to eat. He said that he had a godly father and mother, but that he himself was not a Christian. Like many persons, he thought that being a Christian meant liv ing a good life and not harming anybody. The way of sal vation through the Lord Jesus was explained to him in a simple manner. On the streets of Alexandria, outside a restaurant, he acceptedGhrist as his Saviour and confessed Him openly. After this was done, his personal needs were supplied. He thanked me much for having led him to the Lord Jesus. ' *As an agent for the United States Office of Education, Wash ington, D.C., Mr. Hambrook travels extensively. On a business trip in December, 1934, he was a passenger on an air liner which met • with disaster after leaving Syracuse, N. Y. In zero weather, with scant protection and provisions, the men were ■ marooned for two days and two nights. The remarkable story of how God kept His child in perfect peace through intense physical suffering, and e n a b l e d him to lead to the Lord four men who might not otherwise have listened to the gospel, is told by Mr. Hambrook in his booklet, Under His Wings, which is avail able at ten cents a copy from the Biola Book Room, 560 South' Hope Street, Los Angeles, Calif., or from the Evangelical Pub lishers, 366 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario . i*
R. W . H A M B R O O K
T h e r e is no work that I can think of that has more ro mance in it than personal soul-winning. Any Chris tian active in soul-winning can tell many thrilling stories. Incidents such as those told here are common to any one who seeks to win souls to God personally day by day. There never was a greater need of personal evangel istic work than now. It is strange that many Christians would willingly stand and preach the way of salvation be fore large audiences, but hesitate to meet persons face to face with God's plan of salvation. God called Philip from speaking to large groups where many were being con verted, and told him to go down into the desert to meet an individual Ethiopian. Philip found the man waiting for the Scriptures to be explained, and ready to accept the sim ple way of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. Philip never could know the full result of this personal work, as the Ethiopian went back home to pass on the good news to others. In telling the following incidents, I want to thank God for the privilege of bringing persons to Christ through individual work. At the same time I recall with much regret that so many unusued opportunities have gone by without persons being brought to Christ. It is surprising today- how often men and women respond to our simple presentation of the gospel. Many are thoroughly dissatis fied with life, and welcome joy and peace resulting from acceptance of Christ. In my recent experience in the Adi rondack Mountains* where it was my privilege to lead three pilots and one of our rescuers to Christ, I did what any born-anew person would have done. These men are standing firm. Within the past few weeks, the wife of one of the pilots has also been definitely converted.
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