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worker for this new field, as soon as the Lord made it pos sible. We also had .the joy of starting a weekly Jewish street meeting in the heart of the Jewish district of San Francisco, which, pending the placing of a worker there, has been con tinued by a loyal band of volunteer workers in connection with the City Tabernacle. Enthusiastic reports have been coming in concerning the results of these meetings. Some opposition was encountered, as was to be expected, but the witness goes on. Tracts and Gospels in Yiddish and English are distributed at each meeting, and many Jews dealt with in a personal way. Recently the encouraging news came, telling us that at the close of one of these street meetings a young Hebrew, a student of the University, who had shown marked in terest, was led by one of the young men to believe in and receive Jésus Christ as his Saviour. One of our Hebrew Christian workers who has been led to take up work among the Jews in one of the beach cities, reports splendid suc cess in gaining entrance to the hearts and homes of many Jewish people, and we are looking forward in the near fu ture to a blessed reaping time,-—the result of much faith ful seed-sowing. BP BIOLA HALL WORK D avid C ant, Supt.— O ur C ity M ission for Men in th e cen ter of Los A ngeles. M eetings continuous from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. N oon-day P ray e r M eeting. The deepening unrest of the age is creating a hunger and désire in the heart of the man on the street for a sure, sane and safe way out. Watching the shifting crowds of needy men from all walks of life as they stop before Biola Hall, it is a wonderful study to note the change of ex pression, on their faces, frequently from open scepticism to thoughtful consideration, from that which depicts utter discouragement to dawning hope: stoicism replaced by real heart interest; hostility fades away and ductility is born; antagonism passes to conviction, and conviction to conver sion as the message of the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is told out by the various witnesses in all the power of their first love. When one has the privilege of seeing strong men shaken and trembling, with tears coursing down their cheeks, brokenly trying to cry out the story of their sin and failure, and then at last resting in the finished work of Christ as their only hope of salvation, it surely makes men and an gels rejoice. It takes real Holy Ghost conviction for a man to step out of a street crowd and openly confess the Lord Jesus for the first time. This glad sight was ours only yesterday, as two fine fellows cut the shore lines and thrust forth into the deep. The old love-story never fails. May God give us an enlargement of the heart, manifested in sympathetic words, for thé poor and sorrowing who are always with us; the right words of hope for the hopeless, and outcast, and brokenhearted; and Divine wisdom to answer men ac cording to their folly, and more grace to reach out and save something from the wreck. In speaking with a bright young lad hungry to know the blessed Saviour, we found he was fearful to take the step lest he might be found unfaithful to Christ, but when we pressed upon him the privilege of receiving a gift of eternal life from the Pierced Hand, without any restrictions he yielded himself to His tender embrace, and, faith taking hold of His Word, his fetters fell off and he anchored his soul in Jesus “safe evermore.” Another lad, just off from a sailing ship, tired and dis
gusted with the rough life and companions, came through one of our boys to a saving faith in the Lord Jesus. With the new life came a hesitancy to ever voice his “down and out” condition. Pressed he finally admitted passing the night with nowhere to lay his head. After a good break fast was supplied, and a note to a Good Samaritan, he soon returned to tell us of the job landed, and with light heart and happy face we both thanked Him “from Whom all blessings flow” “Believe it, believe it God’s message of mercy receive His promise means you And His promise is true O look unto Christ and believe.” “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.” During these past summer months it has been our privi lege to have many children’s meetings on the street and in the camps. We found no difficulty in gathering the chil dren. Once we opened the organ and David began playing, the children in the neighboorhood would come ruuning to us and gather around the organ. We would start out our “sing” with “America” first, and as we sang it the children would all stand reverently, and the boys would take off their hats. We would also sing “Brighten the Corner” and “Jesus Loves Me.” We would always have an object lesson talk to give after which we asked how many would receive Jesus in their hearts, and most of the chil dren would raise their hands. (Of course, God alone knows how many really did receive Him.) Before we left we gave each one a Scripture card, and they would crowd around, as children will to get a card, but sometimes they would let themselves be heard too. It is a work to which we like to give our whole time as it is not only interesting, but is a means of reaching the parents. In one of our last children’s meetings, a Mexican Christian woman invited us to come into her front yard and hold our meeting because the Italian woman across the way was chasing the children away with a stick. In most of our children’s meetings, we have a cosmopolitan crowd, there being American, Mexican, Italian and Negro children present. Consequently, we had to speak in Eng lish. Here is a fine opportunity for anyone who desires to do children’s work one afternoon a week, and then visit the homes. One of the ladies of the Church of the Open Door gave up her Sunday School class, came to us and asked if there were any children where she could work. We told her of two places where she could start, and now after several months, she has two Sunday School classes with an attendance of about 40 children. She knows no Spanish but all the children go to school and know English. The Lord has used her greatly and in one of the places where the priest and owner had prohibited the writer to return, she has fcontinued. Plans were made to run her out, so one Sunday she went as usual and held her meet ing. She noticed there was something in the air, because some of the children would not sit still, but they had their “sing” and she gave her talk. Meanwhile, the owner of the colony, a woman, was sitting on a balcony taking it all in. When the worker was ready to leave, the owner introduced herself and said that a complaint had been made to her. The worker inquired who the complainant was, for as she had been treated so kindly by all, she could not SPANISH WORK R obert H . B ender, Supt.— Gospel M eetings an d H ouse to H ouse W ork am ong 50,000 M exicans in Los A ngeles an d V icinity.
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