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listen. 1As the speaker went on, those who had previously gone out returned, one by one, and others came until the room was crowded with Jews. In the open hatchway above was a ring of faces peering down and listening in tently to every word. Several times the speaker was interrupted by mem bers of the group who would like to have broken up the meeting, but their own leader told them he would stand no interference, and if they cared not to listen, they could leave the room. For forty-five minutes or more the speaker reasoned with those Jews from their own Scriptures showing that the coming of Messiah, which is the great hope of Israel, has already occurred and that salvation is now only possible through Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. At the conclusion of the message many questions were asked, many objections were voiced, and a very profitable time was spent in personal work. One man professed to believe but feared to confess his faith to his fellow men. The suit case full of Yid dish, Hebrew, Russian and English Testaments, Bibles, tracts and pamph lets were all quickly appropriated and we trust will be blessed of God to the salvation of some of those precious souls. On leaving the ship we learned that two graduates of the Bible Institute who were going to South America as missionaries had taken passage on this same steamer. The hand of God is seen in this in an especial way,- as this same young man has had experience in dealing personally with Jews and will follow up the work begun among those Jews on board that ship. Arrangements were also made where by this missionary and his wife might hold a service each Sunday morning on the trip to South America and, by the help of some Japanese Christians on board who would act as interpreters, might have the privilege of preaching the Gospel to some two hundred or more Japanese immigrants who were on their way to colonize in South Amer ica. Let us follow this ship with our prayers. J. A. VATJS, Supt. ga» gSs Many go to the Bible to find proofs of what they already believe. The true believer in the Scriptures goes with an unprejudiced mind, truly, humbly, hon estly desirous of knowing what is true.
Please pray hard for us. Rev. H. N. Bunce is the pastor and is out and out for the Lord and the whole Bible. He has such a fine people there and we all feel sure that we are in for a good time of reviving and that many will be won for the Lord. It is a pleasure to work with such a man and people. May God multiply their number. WM. P. NICHOLSON. . Experience On a Boat An experience, that illustrates in a unique manner the wonderful provi dence of God, was recently accorded two of our Jewish missionaries. A letter was received from Mr. Zim- mermann (Superintendent of the Sea man’s Work of the Bible Institute) in which he stated that he had boarded a c e r t a i n Japanese JEWISH steamer in the harbor WORK of San Francisco. A f t e r distributing tracts, gospels, posters and Bibles in Japanese to the'crew and some two hun dred or more Japanese immigrants, he discovered there were some Jews on board. Not having sufficient Christian literature in Yiddish or Hebrew to sup ply them, and as the ship would be leaving before additional literature could he secured, he wrote to the Su perintendent of the Jewish Department of the Bible Institute, asking that workers board this vessel when it called at Los Angeles harbor on its way to South America. After securing the necessary passes from the Customs House officials, two Jewish workers, taking with them a suit case full of Christian literature, went down to Los Angeles harbor and boarded the ship. The Chief Officer of the vessel, himself a Japanese Chris tian, conducted the workers to the Jews’ quarters. Mr. S-------, a Jewish man in charge of the party, made the rounds of the ship and endeavored to gather the Jews together for a meet ing, but few responded to his invita tion and some, learning that a meeting "was to be held, left the room. One of the workers read a text from the Old Testament, first in Hebrew, then in Yiddish, and commenced to comment on it. As familiar Jewish words and say ings were used, Jewish customs cited, and the teachings of the Jewish Scrip tures emphasized, considerable interest was shown by those who remained to
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