THE K I NG ' S BUS I NES S Knowing th a t he would pray again that night, if his life was spared, the worker asked him if he thought th a t he could do so with any hope of being heard, seeing th a t he rejected Christ. Would that not he unfair? He broke down and saw th a t it was only an ex cuse; th a t he had nothing to think over hut ought to accept Christ and get on praying ground. He accepted CHRIST as his personal Savior. A Talk With Cabin Boys With fresh joy over the Lord’s help" and happy over answered prayer, the worker met three cabin' hoys who had nothing to do hut rest and they gave the worker a good hearing and fine recep tion. It was only a small cabin and everything rather poorly finished. One fellow was lying in his bunk, the other sat on a bench, while the third one stood. The Gospel was presented and an informal meeting was held opening up the Ward to them. All admitted that, they had never experienced salva- , tion and the attention and interest grew steadily. One of the young fellows, as he felt conviction of sin, withdrew, say ing he had to work; hut left with a definite message. The second hoy was very deeply under conviction but re jected the invitation. The third fellow came out definitely on the invitation be fore the other fellow and said: “Every man has his own will and I want to ac cept Christ, whatever any body else does.” Ought we not to pray th a t the Lord may help this dear fellow? And also that He might he pleased to reach the other two men who heard the mes sage and who are without excuse before Him. Opportunity on French Ships Before the war many French sailing vessels arrived to load grain In San Francisco Bay for ports of Europe. During the war these vessels of the fleet were kept in the harbors as they were easy prey for the subs and only a few of the ships were used to carry Aus tralian wheat to the United States from the Antipodes. Now again a number of these ships are on their way to this port to take up their former trade. Several have arrived already and the Gospel was preached to them by way of the printed Word, every man being supplied with tracts and a Gospel. Also the Lord raised up a faithful worker and former Bible Institute student to speak with them and to preach the Gospel to them in their native tongue. Through per
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sonal work, etc., a t the time a couple of vessels were in port this last month, eight men-professed to accept Christ as their personal Savior. So many are of the religion of Rome and they need our prayers very much. - Faithful follow-up work is being done by the helper and leaving them with Him, we take courage and press on. Space does not permit of our mentioning another interesting work among them this time. ISRAEL’S ADVOCATE, a little maga zine dealing with the work of the Jew ish Department, whose publication has been delayed, will be ready for mailing in December. At first it will be pub lished quarterly and later monthly. The subscription price will be 60 cents a year. Orders may he sent to the Super intendent of the Jewish Department. Friends will confer a favor on us by sending names and addresses of others to whom a free sample copy may he sent. Hebrew Christian Banquet Our Hebrew Christians and friends of Israel were entertained recently at a reception and banquet given by the Bible Institute. Nearly one hundred guests sat down together to the splendid din ner served. About sixty of these were Jews and of this number about twenty were un converted. Small Jewish flags were used as favors. A baptismal service a t which Mrs. S------ , a Hebrew Christian, was baptized, and which was witnessed by all present, followed the dinner. A splendid musical program, strictly de votional in character, was enjoyed by all. Mr. Lowinsky, a Hebrew Christian, rendered two beautiful violin solos with piano accompaniment. A trombone sa cred solo, and the “Institute Girls’ Quartette” were also much appreci ated. Dr. W. E. Blackstone, the well known friend of Israel, and Dr. T. C. Horton Superintendent of the Bible Institute’ were the speakers of the evening Both made strong appeals to the minds, the hearts and the consciences of their Jew ish hearers. At the close of the Gospel service an invitation was given to the unconverted Jews present to believe in and receive Jesus Christ as their Mes siah. ^ Four Jewish people responded to this invitation and were afterwards personally dealt with. O th e rs present- JEWISH DEPARTMENT Jas. A. Vans, Supt.
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