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strains of “ Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,” and all nature seemed jubilantly to echo and re-echo sweetly and faintly, "Praise God—-blessings— flow!”
hearing His “ well done” at the end of the pilgrimage, and the ages of glory to come, the stubbornest spirit yielded and walked out into the joy of the Lord. The service closed with the fervent
SPANISH WORK R obert H . Bender, Supt.— Gospel Meetings and H ouse to House W ork among 50,000 Mexicans in Los Angeles and V icinity. “ There is that scattereth, and yet in- creaseth.” interest is so great that we are invited in to sit down and explain to them the way of salvation. Visiting Various Camps In one camp three men were very, HIS is the confidence and joy of the Christian worker as we scatter the precious seed from day to day. In due time we
very much interested, inviting us to# come again. Another man invited us in and handing us a Gospel of John in English wanted to know if it was a good book. He told us that when he was in San Bernardino a Bible agent had given the Gospel to his boy, and he had him attending Sunday School there. At another camp a mother and family of four were so hungry that they just hung on to the words of Jesus' as we explained the Gospel. At still another camp three young married couples were in one room. When I rapped at the door they invited me In and as I talked they were very much interested. As I was leaving, one said to me, “ Can’t you come earlier next time?” We realize that these people have never heard the Gospel and do not press them for a decision as it is all new to them. They need to hear more about the plan of salvation. We always endeavor to leave a Gospel of John or a. Testament with them to read. The last Sunday in July we had one of our gatherings of Mexican converts at the Bible Institute. Thirty came to gether from five different localities that we have visited. After the song service and message four young men and one young woman received the or dinance of baptism. Then we partook of the Lord’s Supper.
are made aware of the increase. Let us take you on a trip to one of the railroad camps or a section house. On arriving at the camp we find two or three rows of houses, or if the camp is large, there may be more. Bach house has four rooms, 10x12, with a small kitchen. In each room there are from four to eight men and sometimes large families huddled together. One wonders how they live. Well, the fact is they do not live but simply exist, and it is not often we find them con tent with their surroundings. As we arrive at each door with our bag of books and tracts, the people look at us with curiosity. Some think we are a physician and others think we are some sort of an agent. In some camps where the men are gambling they im mediately disperse, thinking we may be some secret officer of the law. We do not allow the people to be held in suspense very long, foi; we immediately let them know what is our mission. We hand out tracts, asking them if they would like to read something in teresting. Soon the question of religion is brought up and as we open the Gos pel, the more fanatical will listen for a while, but on learning that we are Protestant, will become indifferent. Others then ask if we believe in the Virgin, but in the majority of cases the
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