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navy vessels do not come under the jurisdiction of existing rules for passes and boarding ships, a way had to be opened to get permission to board the ship and distribute the Gospel papers. The Lord is always near to help and when admission was sought by way of the ship’s launch a Japanese in civilian clothes interpreted the request to the naval officer in charge. Through this man access was found and before he left, the man’s position was revealed as that of the only Christian among the officers, and later, when boarding the boat, he was found to be the officer of the deck. Through this leading of the Lord ready access was had to every man on the boat, a good time was had, every courtesy was extended and even some gifts were presented to the worker. The visit to the “Kasuga” will ever be re membered as an experience as fragrant as the name of the vessel, which trans lated means “Spring Day.” God opened the door and the message was well re ceived and the prayer to Him in which you are asked to join is for much fruit age for Him from among the men of that fine ship. Every Man Reached He is adding, from among those'we come in contact with, those that are saved, and it is always wonderful how He uses so many small things to bring about the meeting of the worker with those in need of His message from the Word. On a certain English boat com ing into the harbor from several trips around the world, it was learned that ■although the ship had touched scores of harbors in many lands it was only vis ited twice by Christian workers, one a lady from the Salvation Army seeking ■money, and another a Chaplain in Shang hai. The lady worker came on board in Kobe. On this boat it was our privilege to reach every man with a message and the wireless operator after a long talk was led into assurance of salvation al though he had been positive that it was impossible to know that one was saved. He was led into the light and that through a single verse of Scripture used by the Lord. To see his gratitude to the one who showed him the precious truth was payment enough and a joy never to be forgotten. Are there not -many on scores of ves sels who are in need of the Gospel, and what excuse will they give to the Mas ter when, with a harbor full of ships, they never go out to seek the lost but are content to sit around in the ease of
sionaries attended the Ministerial In stitute, and the attendance upon the Bi ble Conference was limited only by the accommodations for the people. Hun dreds more would have been present, if there had been any place for them to sleep. Under the leadership of Mr. Vol- ney P. Kinnie of Buffalo, New York, a movement for enlarging accommoda tions was inaugurated and there is good prospect of success. North Carolina In the mountains of western North Carolina within a few miles of Asheville is a group of'Summer Assemblies. The Presbyterians at Montreat, the Metho dists at Lake Junaluska, the Baptists at Ridgecrest, and the International Y. M. C. A. at “Blue Ridge.” In this beau tiful region Dr. Dixon spent four weeks preaching, lecturing," fishing and climb ing mountains, a combination which did much for the refreshment and invigora- tion of soul and body. In his ministry at large Dr. Dixon has a four-fold object: (1) Winning people to Christ, (2) Seeking to make pastors and churches soul-winning institutions,- (3) The deepening of spiritual life in Christians, (4) Testimony to the funda mentals of Christianity. During Octo ber, November, and December he is lec turing in the Bible Institute of Los An geles, preaching in the Church of the Open Door and other churches in the vicinity. He earnestly requests friends to remember him in prayer. HARBOR DEPARTMENT OSCAR ZIMMERMANN, SUPT. It was one afternoon last month that the worker, ready to leave the scene of the day’s work of giving the Gospel, no ticed a peculiarly shaped vessel coming in through the Golden Gate. With other
watchers the vessel was seen by the worker to be coming closer a n d closer. Much interest was manifested by every body and the national ity of the stranger was the topic of dis cussion, and various
guesses were made, until finally the closeness of the vessel revealed the war flag of Japan flying from the mast. The next day the boat was to be boarded and everything was in readiness, but as
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