BIBLE INSTIT UTE
LOS ANGELES
OF
The Spanish Work A competent. consecrated v..- ork er . with a real 10\·e for the Spani sh people, i maintained to labor among the Spani sh speaking peopl e of the city ;rnd sur rou nd ing towns including the many camps composed of :'.\Iexican labo rers. T he work consists of per sonal inten· iews, with Bi bl e classes and Gospel meetings where poss ibl e, a s a result of. which ve ry many have been brought out of da rkness into the glori ous light of the Gos pel of Chr ist. The Shop Work In the shops, facto ri es. ca r ba rn s and fir e engi ne houses . hund reds of men a re found whose circumstances form an al most insurmountable barrier to their attendance upon regub r church services, and among these ou r evangeli sts hole! Gospel meetings on week-clays a nd press the cla ims of the Lord Jesus Chr ist upon men , many of whom become Chr;st ia ns o[ t he . sturdi es t ty pe. Seamen's Work of the Bible Institute Our Pacifi c ports a re teeming with the t raffic of the world. Ships hailing from South America, Mex ico, E urope, As ia, China, J apa n, A ust ralia ancl the island s of t he sea, with crews. immi grant s. traYelers of a ll races, pass to and fro f rom all parts of the globe. Recogn izing thi s g reat oppo rtunity a nd responsibility, we haYe entered on t he task of eYange li zing thi s cqsmopoli tan throng . \\ ·e are all obligated to the sailor. H is lif e i. one of pri Yat ions. pecu liar ha rd shi p a nd peril. phy. ica ll y, morall y a nd sp iritua ll y. No class is more neglected; none more responsive to a nd g ratef ul for our effor ts. T he wo rk is in cha rge of an especia ll y efficient and com petent Super intendent, upon whose labo r the bless ing of Goel has rested in abund ant measu re. The a im is to reach eYery man on board wit h th e Gospe l, a nd to prov ide them with the Scriptures and other Chri stian li te rature free of charge. Ser Yices are held whenever and whereve r possible on a ll Yessels. a nd many personal inten·iews are had. T he worker does not wait on shore for the men to come to him, but himself boa rds the Yessels. He does not confine hi s work to the sa ilors, bu t has hacl t he joy of dea li ng with
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