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shall be to many a Nan Yoh pilgrim be cause of these “Light shelters’* along the road. Wanted “More About Jesus” On returning to Changsha our prayer as we left the launch was that our Mas ter would use His own cleansed sur rendered vessels as He chose. This was wondrously answered. On arrival at Dr. Keller’s a request came up from the kitchen that the servants would like to hear more about “the Victorious Life.” Some of them had come back with us from Nan Yoh and had evi dently been talking about the meetings there. The next day a phone message came from Mr. Warren for another talk about our Victorious Lord at the open ing of the Union Theological Seminary. We did praise God for these opportun ities. We left the day after the opening of the Hunan Bible Institute and since then have experienced much joy in pass ing on some of the “precious things” we learned from and about Him to the various little companies at the; various outstations visited on our way home. REV. ROBERT W. PORTEOUS, China Inland Mission, Yuanchow, Kiangsi. October 18, 1920. f t n SEAMEN’S WORK OSCAR ZIMMERMAN, Snpt. In this department, as well as in all other departments of the Institute, we stand for definite things, and lay em phasis on all the fundamentals of the Christian faith. While others reform, entertain and substitute everything the world offers, for the preaching of the one and only Gospel, we preach Christ and Him only. Visiting ship after ship, day after day, we have come in contact with thousands of men, and God has proved over and over again that His Word has wielded a mighty influence in the souls of men, under all circum stances and conditions, accomplishing that for which God sent the message to the man. Different Environments Both in San Francisco and San Pedro, work has been done on ships of various nationalities, with His hand in blessing on every effort. Going from a lumber schooner to a palatial Pacific liner, one finds a big difference in environment, »but the man on the former needs Christ as well as the man on the latter, and the Gospel
of the grace of God meets every need of both. Going on board a large liner a wonderful opportunity lies before the worker. Hundreds of doors are open, and men can be found in their cabins alone, ready for a talk. On such a visit a Japanese officer was found, as have so many others in times past, willing -to have the questions answered that have arisen in their minds, as to God and the future, and often questions from the Book itself. It *has been found that praying fathers and mothers, wives and children, have very much to do with the salvation of some of these men, and the worker is simply a link in the chain. This officer was courteous and a good listener, but like a child had to be taught, little by little, until the Gospel was unfolded,—then a ready heart accepted the message from God and Christ as only Saviour frOm sin. Satisfied With Christ One day this month a message came for the worker to go and see a man who was at the point of death at one of the hospitals, and upon arriving there the worker found that this man, whom he knew well, was indeed at the very door of death. As he lay there, hardly able to speak, he was a pitiful sight, and be fore the worker passed a panorama of this man’s life from the day he met him on a lumber schooner until that hour at his deathbed. This was his story in brief; He was at one time a frequent visitor at San Pedro, being on a lumber vessel amidst hard surroundings. (These men are perhaps the hardest to reach for God). He was often spoken to, and while friendly and brought under con viction, held off, although he was “almost persuaded”. After several months he was lost sight of and no. one knew where he was. The next time he was met at San Pedro in a very sad state of mind. He had lost his little boat in a storm, all his savings were gone, and ,everything looked dark. A little help and a talk as to salvation were used by God to deepen the conviction, and ‘seeing God’s hand in the loss, he ac cepted Christ, standing firm. But soon he left the city and his calling on the sea. The third chapter found the work er meeting this man months after in a little town in the desert, and then every courtesy and comfort the little home afforded was shown the worker. Here in the desert this man had no food, no spiritual help, only his little Testament. Then he was lost sight of again by the worker, and the call to the hospital re vealed his whereabouts. How about his
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