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Invitation, to “come on up,” which was gladly accepted, and the Bible Woman stood for a few minutes telling the, story so old yet so new. Then she was asked to come in. The Word of God was opened and the way of life explained to one who had never known, except in a superficial manner, how to accept. The seeker had been born and' reared a Catholic, and though in later years she had cast aside the belief of her childhood, she had never gone to the source of truth. There in the quiet room she saw her Lord and accepted salvation. stranger has had the claims of Christ presented to him. Will you not be one of the five? “The King’s business requireth haste.” If this need could be met, then all of our time could be given to reaching more ships. There was an inaccuracy in my report of vessels visited in this port, as published last month. I visited forty-three' vessels during the four weeks mentioned, all except four being steamship*. They came from all sections of the globe and were manned by men of all nations. Even this bulk of active work on the water required but part of my time. Here is a little romance of the sea! One part finished, another part to be completed soon. On April 20, 1915; in Los Angeles Harbor, the worker met fifteen or twenty Marshall Island men on board a vessel bound for Borneo. Semptember 1, 1916, while visiting an interned German vessel in San Francisco, the very same men were encountered, to the surprise of the worker, this being a different ship entirely. An open door was found, and the indifference which was manifest on the previous occasion has changed to a desire for Bibles. A number of Bibles had been ordered by them from another source, before this meeting, but not having been received, the worker was
and address she said, “It is no good to give you this, as I am leaving here tonight.” How thankful was the Bible Woman that God had encouraged her to go on until she came to these two souls, one still seek ing, the other rejoicing in the Saviour she found just as she was going away. Truly, \Ve have a wonderful God. It was a warm day the stairs looked unusually hard to climb, but the door stood invitingly open, so she rang the bell. A pleasant-faced woman answered with an T HE outlook is' splendid hprg in San Francisco. Already a fleet of vessels has been reached before passing through the Golden Gate, and the number is increas ing weekly; yes, daily, of vessels on the decks of which has been told the story of Him who made the earth and the heaven and the sea. In one’s vision, he can see the smoke arising from a thousand stacks j of vessels, where Christ is not known as a personal Saviour, and a mil lion cabins open to be entered in service for Him. Financially, the Lord is blessing us, and we rejoice for those who have become willing to, help send out the Gospel “from this place also.” We are praying Him to raise up about five persons whom He would lead to give us $10 a month to keep the light burning. Think what it means td have the clear Gospel from the whole Bible given out >n a large port, instead of the fads and fancies and lies which in this age are so prevalent and occupy such a position of *prominence and far-reaching influence. Instead of greeting the incom ing traveller and foreign visitor with shameless heresy, he is greeted by the Gospel of grace, the Bible, tracts.and books by D. L. Moody, Dr. Torrey and such men, and often this is the first time that the
------------O------------ WORK AT SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR Oscar Zimmermann, Supt.
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