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true and firm for Him in a day of such sad departure and lethargy, Much can only spell “Laodicean.” We have likewise a note of praise to sound for seeing several of the managers of the car barns and_shops lending their pres ence and influence in the meetings. One quite surprised us by accepting an invitation extended some months back to be our guest at the Fishermen’s Club Monday evening. This is all the more gratifying as we realize that the testimony of such will make a de cided impression on the men with whom we labor, breaking down prejudice and opposi tion, and thus paving the way for the en trance of the Word. We are rejoicing in God’s wonderful grace in opening still another home for us in which to begin a Men’s Bible Class near one of the car barns. We hope our readers will take this work upon their hearts that they may share in the blessing and reward. We must tell an experience which ended last week’s round of meetings, and which sent us on our way rejoicing: We were on the way to a shop meeting, and waiting on the street crossing for our faithful helper. It must have been the ab solutely weary and dejected expression and walk of the man who passed that con strained us to offer him a drink of the water of life. He took it in a listless, dull, uninterested way, but God gave us unusual
tenderness in the message, and as we poured out the story that never grows old he began to listen as one who was without God and without hope in the world—as only a tired, weary, heart-sick man could listen to a mes sage bringing love and cheer and hope. There was no opposition here, no self-jus- tification, no resentment toward the One who “was rich yet for our sakes became poor”—just a hungry heart that needed a real, genuine touch of sympathy. It doesn’t take long for a drowning man to clutch the rope thrown to him (would to God there were more who realized their need), and it didn’t take long for this needy one to say, “I will,” to such a wonderful, loving Saviour. Right there, in the glare of the noonday sun, and amid all the noise and confusion and traffic of the street;- we lifted our hats and just simply spoke to Him who died for our sins according to the Scrip tures, and who is nigh unto all that call upon Him. Did He hear? Well, had you seen the rest, the joy, the dawning hope, in place of gloom and discouragement, in the face which looked into ours, you would have known that it pays, even here, to speak the Word for Jesus. “My, I feel as if things were all changed even now,” he said, as he gripped our hand, and as we watched the new life and energy in his step, we thanked and praised Him that the Gospel is still and always will be the power of God unto sal vation to everyone that believeth.
------ $------ - WORK AT LOS ANGELES HARBOR Oscar Zimmerman, Supt.
The manifest blessing of God upon the preaching of the Word at our last visit to the second Japanese liner to enter Los An geles Harbor, and the wonderful results at tending that service, combined to make it the privilege of a lifetime. The Lord, through the third officer (a splendid Chris tian), gave us a wide-open door to the ship and the hearts there and abundant joy filled the hearts of the little company of eight as
they witnessed the quarters of an emigrant ship being transformed into an "upper room,” where fourteen souls now for the first time hearing the message of salvation, turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. On boarding the steamer the necessary formalities of a visit with the officer (who on this occasion served the eight workers with cake and Japanese lemonade) first had
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