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THE
K I N G ’ S
B U S I N E S S
March. 1925
a g e 'a study of the W o rd of God; to assist one another, by prayer and fel lowship, in times of trial, sorrow or persecution; and, g reatest of all, en deavor to win th eir fellow shipmates to Christ.. This is done by personal contact and by the printed page. They publish th e ir own Q uarterly magazine, “The Living L inks,” which always car ries Jud e 24 as a cover motto. Both magazine and trac ts are especially adapted to seamen and sea life, and are. printed in a very attractiv e man ner. Officers and men on other ves sels always receive them cordially, es pecially when tpld they are edited by men of the sea fo r men of th e sea. Their magazine carries a member- ,.ship list in the back, also a list of “shore links,” i.e. men and women in different ports where they can have fellowship. These ishore representa tives seek to meet them when their vessels arrive. They also notify others of the arriv al of vessels carrying men whom they desire to be helped, encour aged, or won for Christ. Their maga zine is almost entirely financed by themselves, God laying upon the h earts of th e members and others of His stewards the practical in te rest and possibilities of such an investment. We are sure you are glad to know about these men, and th a t you will en ter into fellowship w ith them by prayer or by m aterial support. A lthough lim ited for space, we are going to tell you about a visit to a Japanese cargo vessel which stopped for a few hours. The first man we met stated th a t Mr. Zimmermann had vis ited the vessel in San Francisco and had left a good supply of tracts and Gospels. However, we had a few. cal endars and knew they would be glad ■to get ihem . One of the officers, p artly under the influence of liquor, told us this: “ I have been studying religions and reading books on character, and I would like to ask a question: W hat makes me drink? W hat makes me smoke? W hat makes me gamble, be un tru th fu l, and use profane language? I don’t w ant to be bad, X w ant to be decent, good and upright, but some th ing makes me ju st the opposite.” How happy we !were to open the Word of God, and show this dear fel low th a t he was not w restling w ith . flesh and blood, bu t against princi palities, against powers, against the ru lers of darkness of th is world, against sp iritual wickedness in heaven ly places. We showed him the One who had met these things for him w ith the Word of God (Luke 4 ), and th a t the only way he would get' the victory was to acknowledge before God th a t he was a sinner, lost and needing God’s provision for sin— the Lord Jesus. Christ and then— receive Him personally. He did not make a decision rig h t there, bu t we left him in the control of the Spirit, who would see th a t God’s Word would accomplish th e thing whereunto He sent it. P ray for this man th a t if he has not already yielded to Christ he may do so soon.
WORK AMONG THE JEWS James A. Vaus, Supt.— Bible Classes and Per sonal Work, Street Meetings and Semi-monthly Mass Meetings for Jews of Los Angeles.
SPANISH WORK Robert H. Bender, Supt.— Gospel Meetings and House to House Work am ong 50,000 Mexicans in Los Angeles and Vicinity. “Go out into the highways and hedges and ■ compel them to come in.” H ANY times we are asked by go out into th e highways and hedges and thu s take th e Gospel to them. We are so glad th a t the Lord has called us into th is service, for it is rich in results, and then too we are reaching those for whom little is being done. About two years ago a young Mexican, afte r his conversion, said to us: “ I wish you would go w ith m e ;'I w ant to find my brother, and I w ant him to hear the Gospel.” So one even ing we went out to a work tra in which was standing on a side trac k n ear the river, found the b ro th er and a crew of other men, and gave the message. Af terw ard one of the friends said, “ I have a Bible:-” So we went to his car and explained the way of salvation to him and his fam ily and invited him to our class a t Biola Hall. There and then he and his wife and several oth er’s accepted the Lord. This man was a notorious d runkard, gam bler and revolutionist when he was in Mexico, but, to the glory of God le t-it be said, he was gloriously converted to Christ, and has been an enthusiastic worker in the Lord’s vineyard ever since. We have made several trip s to th is work train as they have moved from place to place, and have had several conversions. This p articu lar convert and fam ily had been absent from our Bible class for about a month or so and we wondered w hat had become of them , but one Sunday morning he and his fam ily and others walked into the class. At the close he told me th a t th ere was a new crew on th e work train and th a t he had been holding meetings and explaining to them the way of-salvation. “But;” said he,-“ you must come.” So one evening we went up to Sylmar, th ree niiles beyond San F ernando, and found th a t he had g ath ered some seventeen men in th e box car which he called “ home;i|,i We had singing, and afte r the message gave the invitation, to which seven men re sponded and definitely accepted Christ the Lord, all because th is convert lived the Gospel before them and could in stru ct them . This is the encouraging p art of our work among th é Mexicans. As they are converted they tell others and thu s the good news spreads. One of the young women students who has a Class among the children re lated how they wanted to receive Jesus as they were told the story. So we are encouraged to press on in th is glorious work of soul-winning and would re quest th e friends to continue to pray for these Mexican converts, especially for those retu rn in g to Mexico, th a t they may w itness a good confession. How to Deal w ith Roman Catholics (Continuation) In the first installm ent on th is sub ject we closed w ith th e idea so preva lent th a t all Romanists say they be- (Continued on page 127)
E recently reported in “The K ing’s Business” the story of th e conversion of a Jewess, who made the g reat decision while riding on th e train
f r i e n d s and Mexicans, “Where do you have your church or m ission?” and we tell them th a t we have no mission hall, bu t th a t our work is t
back to her home in an eastern city. One of our workers, whose home is in the same city, had the opportunity to g e t, acquainted w ith th e mother of the above mentioned Jewess, and very wisely and tactfu lly presented to her the: claims of Christ. This mother was persuaded to attend church services a number of times, accompanying her converted daughter. She has mani fested considerable in terest, and her conversion has been an object of con sta n t prayer. A recent le tte r from one interested in the conversion of this Jewess in forms us th at, afte r a number of per sonal interviews and public meetings, the mother of th is new convert, much to h e r joy and ours, was also per suaded to accept Christ as her Messiah and Saviour. SEAMEN'S DEPARTMENT Claude H. Pearson, Supt.— Our Workers board all vessels in the port of San Pedro, holding Cospel Services and D istributing Literature. H ANY of our readers already two years we have enjoyed close fel lowship w ith a Mr. Perman, an elec trician on one of the large B ritish motor vessels. Through him we were introduced into the Merchant Service Officers’ Christian Association, and they in tu rn have helped us in many ways. We w ant our P ray er Helpers to know more about the organization, so are taking space this month to tell about them. The name, “Merchant Service Of ficers’ Christian Association,” tells in a measure w hat they are, for they tru ly are an organization of Christian men. No man is considered an active member until he has given evidence of having had a Christian experience, or a decision moment in his life; a time when he recognized he was a lost sin ner w ithout ch art or compass, and th a t he must be born again before he could be a member in the fam ily of God, this new b irth tak ing place when he exer cised personal faith in th e atoning sacrifice of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. They are not desirous of a large membership roll ju st for the sake of members, bu t are desirous of securing as members every Christian officer afloat. Their purpose is to assist one an o th er into a closer, more conscious" walk w ith th e Lord Jesus; to encour
know th a t most of our work is w ith th e unsaved and th a t it is a g reat source of en couragement when we meet Christian officers or men. F o r the past
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