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T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
Mission to the Migrants
at the Institute, had supervision of the work. Though oppressed by evidences of poverty such as they had not realized existed in America, the young men felt even more keenly the spiritual need of these neglected people. They returned to the Institute rejoicing in the power of the Lord as manifested in a hard field. They felt further that they had gained practical experience that will prove invaluable in their future service for the Lord Jesus Christ. Especially fruitful was the work among boys and girls in the camps. In fact, the first step after securing per mission to stay and hold services at a camp was to gather a group of children, together and make them the heralds of the later meetings. A loud speaker and amplifier attached to the car effectively broadcast announcements of meetings as the group’s car moved through the camp. Simple prizes for Bible memorizing aroused keen interest among the boys and girls., In the government camp at Shafter, three girls each memorized over forty Bible verses during the week that the “Pilots of the Cross” were in camp. A little red-headed boy in this camp with a reputation for fighting continually with other children accepted Christ as his Saviour. A month later the quartet met this same boy at Hugh- son and rejoiced in the boy’s growth in self-control, his continued interest in learning Scripture, and his desire to be come a preacher. The boy’s mother had been led to Christ by a Bible Institute young woman who visited the camp with a group from her home church. A far-reaching aspect of the teams’ summer activity resulted from the num erous opportunities to speak in churches in the vicinity of-the camps. At Mo desto the “Pilots of the Cross” sang and spoke daily over the radio for more than a week. Through these various opportunities, the young men told of the need, the methods, and the joy of evangelism among the migrants, urging the local churches to form gospel teams to continue the testimony. As a result, several new teams have been going from communities in the valley. The following figures do not include the number of conversions that resulted from the summer’s work, but there were many evidences that the Lord was working, and the record is kept in hea ven. Classes taugh t................................ 245 Street meetings .......... 6 Services held .................................. 108 Messages given ....... 93 Children’s meetings .............. 86 Tracts distributed ................ 9,000 Gospels distributed ........ 1,250 Radio programs ...... 8 Church services ............................. 19 Young People’s meetings ............... 14 Total attendance (adults arid children) ............................. 9,852
“Dust bowl” migrants who have flocked to districts of central California constituted the evangelistic field reached by young men of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles during this past summer. Devoting the major portion of their va cation months to this work, Chester Johnson and Elbert Walker visited six different government camps, remaining about a week in each and going out from these camp centers to more than fifteen “squatter” camps. The "Pilots
of the Cross Quartet,” traveling with a car and trailer lent to the work, visited ten camps. The latter group included Richard Hjorth, Dale McCulley, Wayne Roberts, and Herbert Williams. Readers of THE KING’S BUSINESS will recall that the need for this work was present ed to the Lord’s stewards last spring, and their response, with careful econ omy on the part of the students, made the undertaking possible. Samuel H. Sutherland, Director of Practical Work
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