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the Oilfields in the cook house. The man seemed to be afarid of us but warmed up and we had an average attendance of thirty for the six days we were in the Belridge camp. W e also made our first visit to Lost Hills and held our meetings in the Uni versal camp in their cook house. There are five hundred men and seventy families in this field. The town of Lost Hills is two or three miles away from the oil camps. It is composed mostly of saloons. No Christian worker in all this territory. Our attendance here has been comparatively small, but the weather has been bad, with wind and rain. We had an average at tendance of nineteen for the seven days we spent here. The last two camps have been in the nature of blazing the trail. The next visit will be easier. The wind ripped our top sheet from the wagon and gave us Several good settling shakes, but we are still right side Up and our top sheet is again mended. We are ready to go on to Coalinga, but will have to wait until the roads are passable and the rains cease. A little while ago on a steamer was found a man with a suitcase on his lap for a table, ready to write a letter to a Chris tian friend, a lady who had sent him a Testament while he was in Cuba and who was interested in his soul’s salvation. When asked if he were a saved man he said, “No, I cannot say that I am, but I have been thinking a great deal about it lately.” Un der conviction and almost persuaded be fore this time, difficulties were then re moved and he accepted Christ right there. He then told his story and what had been used in the providence of God to win him. This incident shows what a tract, blessed by God, can do. His story in short is as follows: In Eureka he was forced through are sure He is going to use the printed Word to build up his faith in Him.
f | ' HE MONTH of February was spent . at Olig, Belridge and Lost Hills. The work at Olig was unusually precious this year; not in the number of conversions, be cause only two publicly confessed Christ, but in the general uplift of the entire camp. We had an average of sixty present for the ten days we were there. In the closing service some forty partook of the com munion. The whole camp became so gen erally interested that they asked for a young man. to be the Christian worker of the camp and raised one hundred dollars per month for such support. The old school building has been turned over to the Sun day school and for Christian work. The man who goes to Olig will have a royal welcome, loving people and a feathered nest, if he keeps strong on Gospel lines and Christian fellowship. W e made our first visit to Belridge. More than one hundred people gre in this field and some twenty families. We have a little Sunday school in operation and were gra ciously received. Our services were held there, men are found who will some day be manifested in glory. Many times regular searches are made by the workers to find whether there is not someone tucked away who would have the message. In this case two young Phillipinos were found occupy ing a little narrow cabin, who listened eagerly to the Word. With patience and prayer, the message must be presented to men who have never heard it. The heart of the worker was filled with great joy as God owned His Word spoken to these men. Coming from the island on the Pa cific, one of the two, having a vague idea of church life, showed his willingness to receive Christ as his personal Saviour. Though the ship may never enter this har bor again, we trust God to keep him and |\ F T E N , amid strange circumstances and in out of the way places, here and
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