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quent ’'Witness to the fact that he had really been born again! Death-bed Acceptance. Surely the King’s business does re quire haste. Upon entering the office one day, one of our workers was re quested to go immediately to the County Hospital to see a dying man con cerning his soul’s salvation. Arriving at the hospital the worker was told she might have fifteen minutes — fifteen minutes to settle the question of eter nity. She found a man who knew neither God nor His Son, Christ. Tell ing him the story of the publican who stood afar off and could not raise even his eyes unto heaven but smote on his breast saying, “ God be merciful to me a sinner,” she asked him if he could say the same. He answered that he could and told the worker in answer to her question that she might go back and tell his friend who had put in the request that, should he live, he would devote his life to the Master. That afternoon the man lost consciousness and died soon after. “ In the morning sow thy seed and in the evening with hold not thy hand for thou knowest not which shall prosper.” •¿Ms. HARBOR WORK SEAMEN'S WORK , Claude II. Pearson, Superintendent. Our workers board all the large vessels reaching the port of San Pedro, distribute Gospels and other religious literature and hold services, which are attended by the members of the crew and passengers. H OT every sower of God’s Word enjoys the privilege of seeing the results of his work, but God gave us a rare opportuni- . ty, a few days ago. Descending one of the ladders into the seamen’s quarters we were greeted by a welcome voice, “What have you this time? We certainly enjoyed the literature you left us when we were here before.” The former Superintendent, Mr. Zimmer- mann, had visited this ship some six months ago, and although the vessel had been in foreign waters and far from any port, the Bread of Life had been their food and God’s presence a con scious fact. A voice rings from another ship, this time a Dutch boat, “ Hey, there! you missed one man back here.” Of course, we were glad to leave with that one the precious Word of God in his own lan
guage, praying that the Holy Spirit would use it for God’s glory. Hindered by False Beliefs. Here’s a vessel from Canada, smaller than the average. Shall we go aboard? Lingering for a word of prayer we feel we are being led. In the second state room we are invited by an elderly man to sit down. We listen to doubts, fears and disbeliefs from an earnest mind. After a few’ moments with the WHOLE Word of God the doubts are cleared, false teachings exposed and a soul is face to face with God, knowing himself to be a sinner and lost. The final de cision and surrender is not made, al though he requests a future engage ment when the ship returns and more time will be available. Friend reader, what if the ship never returns? What if he were your father or brother? What would you do? What would you want to have done? You can pray daily for this work. Will you do it? Tell Him Who says, “ My Word «hall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isa. 55:11. Not Always Numbers That Count. Vaudeville, moving pictures, jazz band church programs get the crowds, but because of a covenant entered into with God years ago, we are not attract ed by numbers. One afternoon we went aboard a vessel with two trained sing ers. Searching from quarterdeck to “ focs’l,” fire rooms to galley, we found two men interested enough to come on deck to a meeting. We told them the Gospel story and invited them to accept Jesus as their Saviour, Lord and King. A mighty struggle took place between the devil-controlled wills of the men and God. A few moments and they ac cepted God’s gift of eternal life. "There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” JEWISH WORK JEWISH WORK , James A. Vaus, Super intendent. We have a Jewish home where Bible classes are held fo r adults and ch il dren and interviews are had with Jewish inquirers. Street meetings are also con ducted, and a public m eeting is held tw ice each month in the Institute auditorium.
EWISH opposition to o u r work has reached the poinl where organized effort is be ing made to discredit us. Our Jewish work has been receiv-
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