962 influence of some sweet music, and then with gladness and confidence fol lowed through an hour of entrancing, soul-enlightening revelation. And when the hour was over how different the world looked. We were ready then to go out “ As the strong man to the bat tle” proud to be serving and following in the steps of our Great Teacher. With body, soul, and spirit thus restored, and light in our eyes and a song in our hearts, we went out— and who can say how far the influence of that hour spent in the study of God’s Word has gone?” Fruit Ripe to Be Picked During the past month we have had many interesting services on the ships. There have been many open doors for the preaching of the Gospel. Many dif ficulties exper- WORK AT ienced by Cliris- PACIFIO HARBORS tian workers in Oscar Zimmerman other fields are wholly unknown to us. With the steady growth of the U. S. merchant marine, many young men are entering the ranks of the seamen. They are a different type of men than the old time sailors, and easier to reach. Many df these young men are coming from the farms in every state, having left good homes, and being quite well edu cated. Will you not pray that many will be reached at this critical stage? We are anxious to be at our best before; the crews of these ships, many of which are now being built, and will be loaded'here for France, taking the men through the war zone. Recently a vessel arrived from a South American port. The same day on which it was visited, it departed again. After having done some seed sowing work, we noticed a man in the kitchen and felt led to speak to him. He was a native of Africa and was at once inter ested. He said he would like to be a
THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NE S S Christian. Then and there he took God at His Word. What a joy it was to see him drink in the Word, setting aside his pile of dishes. His last words to us were “ I’m so glad you came and so glad I settled it.” An interesting experience was encountered on a vessel flying the flag of Peru. Prepared with Gospel tracts and books in Spanish, a splendid time was had giving them out. Ending up the visit at the forecastle, a number of sailors were found, some busy packing their belongings, everything topsy turvy and a poor time to do any work. One man rejected the literature handed him and we learned that it was because he was not a Spanish speaking man but a native of one of England’s island poss essions. We decided not 'to let him go unreached. Getting all around, the Bible was opened, and all sat down quiet and respectful. This fellow made a public stand for Christ. Like the man in the kitchen the day before, he was ripe to be picked. MOSES’ EVOLUTION THEORY If we deny the story of.man’s origin as given in Genesis— his body from below and his soul from above— his strange and varied evolution as affirmed in chap. 10:32, we have a mass of beings whom we have no assurance that they are in any spiritual or physical sensq related. It is interesting to see the heated emphasis with which the theory of evolution/ is advocated until some Bible student interrupts the argu ment with the placid announcement that the Scriptures have ever affirmed most clearly that all types and varieties of families and races in the earth came from one original pair— the very theory now most generally received by great groups of modern evolutionists. Thqs Gen. 10:32 but anticipates what recent research has rediscovered^-the scientific evolution of Moses. -—Rev. A. M. Lamb.
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