Evangelistic Department IN T E R E S T IN G S T O R IE S from R E A L E X P E R IE N C E A S T O L D BY B I B L E I N S T I T U T E W O R K E R S
before much time had been spent together, he said in a way th a t showed he had come to th e parting , of the ways, “ I have a good notion to do it to-day.’"’ When asked w hat it was he thought of doing he replied, “ Become a Hebrew C hristian,” and before leaving the building he did. A fter a session of rejoicing and prayer w ith the workers he le ft w ith a radiantly happy face. “ A little know ledge” of .Hebrew and Yiddish and fam iliarity w ith Jew ish cus toms and ceremonies had proven not “ a dangerous th in g ” but a very helpful thing. , .¿¡e. .¿i*. Harbor Work O scar Z imm erm ann have leaned hard on the passage, ‘‘ God is able to make all grace abound toward you; th a t ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good w ork,” and found Him able. As we le ft one ship a man told the worker th a t th is was th e first visit any Christian worker had ever made to a ship th a t he was on. He thanked us for com ing on board. Another man told the worker th a t although he had sailed the ports of our land for eighteen years, only one m an. had come on board to give the Gospel message, besides the worker who boarded th a t vessel on its arrival here. Can you not see th e need? The Gospel was made known to many men, from a prince on one boat to th e men down in the engine and fireroom. The message was carried from cabin to cabin, to men of various nationalities whether members of the crew in th eir quarters or month ju st passed brought ich for which we are thank- EjJ To enumerate all these ngs is impossible | here. We
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is an old saying, " A little w l e d g e is a dangerous bu t th e following in- b proves th a t a little k no'wl
edge—in th is ease, of Hebrew and Y id dish, and Jew ish customs and ceremonies —is a very helpful thing, especially when one is doing personal work w ith Jews. I t has been our custom for some time past to v isit Biola Hall on Main S treet on F riday afternoons and speak to the men on th e street. Many Jews, as well as Gentiles, are thus reached w ith the Gospel message by the spoken word, the printed page, and personal work. D o u b ts of a Jew On the occasion of a recent v isit the Superintendent of the Mission introduced the w riter to a Jew ish man w ith whom he had been talking who had been a t tracted to th e reading room by a hymn played on the vietrola. He w ith his fam ily had recently come to Los Angeles from Canada. Inquiry developed the fa c t th a t both his fa th e r and younger brother were Hebrew Christians, bu t the mother was still staunchly adherent to the Jew ish fa ith and was, in fact, very orthodox. He adm itted being very much interested in C hristianity, b u t doubts and questions and loyalty to his Jew ish mother had pre vented him from accepting Jesus Christ as his Messiah. Though inclined to set the question aside by saying he w anted to study it more before m aking any decision, he nevertheless was persuaded to voice his objections, which were dealt w ith from th e Old Testam ent Scriptures. H earing his mother tongue on the lips of a Gen tile. as passage afte r passage was read in Hebrew or Yiddish, his h eart warmed tow ard the speaker, w ith the result th a t
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