THE FISHERMEN'S FEAST. The annual turkey dinner was given by the Fishermen's Club on the even- ing of the 21st of November. A sump- tuous repast was provided, and the la- dies of the Institute Auxiliary gra- ciously and gracefully served. This banquet, as everything the Club does, was so different. There were after din- ner speeches, but no funny stories. Short, sharp, strong testimonies were given by a large number of fellows, and five minute speeches by Mr. W. L. Green of Pasadena, B. F. Pearson, ^ u p t . of Edison Electric Company, E. H. Emett of the Y. M. C. A. and Mr. H. S: Kimura of Japan. Mr. .Jesse Martin, the President of the Club, presided; Mr. James Garth led the singing, and Supt. Horton, the teacher of the class, conducted the clos- ing service. Fully fifty young men made a surrender of their lives to the .Lord Jesus Christ. It was the greatest meeting ever held in the Institute. The Los Angeles Times says of the gathering: A remarkable meetng was held at the Bible Institute, Monday night, when 200 members of the Fishermen's Club ap- peared there, each bringing one more as his special guest at dinner. Jt wits a demonstration of their skill as fisher- men, and when the 400 whistled and sang gospel songs together, it was u chorus worth going f ar to hear. Director Garth, who conducted the music, has few superiors as a leader, and has developed chorus whistling among the members of the club, until it is a delight to hear the young fellows, while the singing was of remarkable volume. The notable part of the gathering was to. see 400 young fellows congregated there, the larger part of them being active Christian workers in the Various i-hurches of the city. 1 Large numbers of them are students in the Los Angeles' High School, Polytechnic High School, Occidental College and U. 8. Cij each bunch standing, when called for. Perhaps 100 of the young fellows stood up, without being called for, and told for the benefit of the others, the delight they had found in taking Christ into their life. A LIVE MISSIONARY. The Fishermen's Club has taken upon itself the support of Rev. H. S. Kimura, pastor of the Congregational Church in Kyoto, Japan. Mr. Kimura graduated from Moody's Bible School several years ago, and has been in active evan- gelistic work in his own country. Two
years ago Mr. Kimura took a feeble Congregational Church of 40 members, which today numbers 260. His people, although very poor, subscribed $6,000 for a new church building. He is rais-' ing a like sum in this country, and ex- pects to have a building which will seat 800 people. He is also planning for a large Sunday School room, with twenty class rooms. Mr. Kimura teaches the same truths we hold in the Institute, and hopes he will be able to start a na- tive Bible school for the training of evangelists and workers for Japan. Some of the advanced preachers tell Kimura that he is a hundred years be^ hind in his theology, and he replies that he is nineteen hundred years behind and expeets to stay there. We commend him and his church to the earnest prayers of our friends. Our Mr. Pratt, with Paul Brown and his wife, have been conducting very successful Union meetings in San Fran- cisco. The services are being held in different sections of the city, under the direction of the Christian Endeavor So- cieties. The meetings have been very successful. Many young people havje come out boldly for the Lord. Ma iy calls for service around the B a y / a re coming to these workers, and t h e / may continue in the North for the rest of the winter. We solicit earnest prayers in their behalf. Messrs. Barrett & Pratt of the Fish- ermen 's Club, assisted by Haimav, Colby, Werner and others, have been holding a successful service of Union meetings in Riverside. The services were especially designed for the young people. Many young Christians were led to make a full surrender of their lives to the Lord, and many others were brought to a saving knowledge of Christ as Saviour and Lord. We have for sale in the Book Room, Volumes I, I I and I I I of "The FUN- DAMENTALS." Every Christian work- er should have these booklets in their library. The subjects treated in these volumes are of the greatest importance to those who believe in the Old Book and désire to defend its authenticity. Price of each volume is 15 cents. A meeting of converted Tews and. their friends was held in the Institute last month. A goodlv number were present. Mr. Sammis presided. Ad- dresses were made bv Prof. Kellogg of Occidental, and his wife, and our Jewish Superintendent, Mrs. Manson.
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