571 “ The people feel very sad that they can only read part of the good books.” What a refreshing desire for the Word com ing from these dear souls! When asked to return the Gospels, they refused, eager to read what they could. The Scriptures Are Treasured On another boat two men had a Gos pel each given them by a Seamen’s Mis sionary in Buenos Aires, dated May 11, 1919, “ Every time we cleaned out our cabin, we cleaned out everything, but could not throw away the Scripture given us by that man in South Amer ica.” One of these men accepted Christ that afternoon, of which we will speak a little later. In numerous ways we have seen how appreciated the printed Word is by so many. Read Gospel 200 Times A very old man, when shown the way of Salvation, said he was not saved but had been wanting to become a Christian for over twenty years. He was wonder ing how he could become a Christian and had attended many meetings of late. The worker had his first acquaint ance with him on one of the piers, pass-. ing through a gate where he was watch man, to board one of the steamers. Not seeing the regular watchman there, it was thought necessary to show the passes to this new man. The worker was somewhat astonished, when this man said: “ It is not necessary for you to show your pass to me; you are all right; I know you.” The ship was boarded and, when returning to the en trance of the pier, the watchman was asked where he had seen the worker? “ I heard you speak on the street sev eral times.” “ Are you the man to whom I gave a New Testament in one of the meetings?” was the question put to him. “No, but another man gave me a Gos pel of John, and I read the little book at least two hundred times. My memory is not very good so I read the book over and over again.” Here was a dear soul ready to be spoken to, but after a long talk, although he listened eagerly, there was no decision made for Christ. God let us give him a message, but it was felt that a more effective work could be done by leaving this man to God, giving him one or two Moody books. We prayed that the Spirit would make things very clear to him. The man was lost from view for a long time, another watchman being seen in his place. Weeks afterward in a street meeting this man was found, his face
THE K I N G ’ S B U S I NE S S Oliver’s work here in the Bible Confer ence, which he has just closed, the most efficient in its presentation of Biblical truth of any that has ever come under my observation heretofore. “ I have worked with, or attended sim ilar campaigns under the leadership of such men as D. L. Moody, B. Fay Mills, John McNeill, George R. Stuart, Henry Yarley, J. Wilbur Chapman, ‘Billy’ Sunday and others. “ I consider that his elucidation of the truth shows the deepest study and widest scholarship, is clothed in the chastest English, embraces the widest vocabulary, is the most logical and thought-compelling and irresistible in argument, leaving opponents no ground on which to stand, of any whom it has been my privilege to observe and study. “ I want to express my personal sin- cerest, and heartfelt appreciation of the service he has rendered us in Helena. I believe the results will he far-reaching and permament.” ^Ui, a s SEAMEN’S WORK Eager For Gospel Literature It has been a constant source of joy to the worker, especially on the foreign vessels, to see the appreciation shown by the men and women for the printed page. What a feeling of joy comes over one, to see His hand in it all as men and women stand before one holding out their hands to receive the coveted Scriptures in their own tongue. There is not the indifference shown that is found so often among city people. We rejoice, also, over the knowledge that so many of these people have come thou sands of miles to us in their travels, and so many hear or read the Gospel story here for the first time. Through a mistake a number of Japanese Gospels of John were given out among Chinese passengers (the two languages are easily mistaken one for the other, because of their similarity in appearance), but right away one phi- nese, looking rather strangely at the book and then at the worker, let it he known that he could read only a part of the book, feeling sad because of it. The' mistake was soon corrected and Chinese tracts given out. However, there were not enough Gospels to go around. While distributing the Japanese Gospels among the Japanese people, one man came to the worker and, speaking of what he had heard the men say, said:
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