Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-20
BIBLE FOR
EVERY TAR
ON FLEET
.LAYMEN'S EVANGELISTIC BODY
TO MAKE GIFT
GREAT CHRISTIAN RECEPTION
PLANNED FOR SAILORS
viii Have Many Tents and Special
Services and Surround the Men
with Religious Influences.
Fund Is Sought

Twenty thousand Bibles are to be
given to the members of Fighting
Bob's" great fleet by the laymens
evangelical council of Southern Cali
fornia.
This announcement has been made in
letters sent out yesterday asking con-
tributions to fund for Christian en-
tertainment exclusively for the sailors
The council, operating through the Y.
M c. A.. is to maintain a distinctly
religious reception to the fleet, hand in
hand with the other arrangements.
The Bibles were presented to the
council by the Los Angeles Bible house
and are marked. The fund needed
about $4000-will be used In carrying
out the religious work planned.
Wherever the warships are anchored
the council and the Y. Nj. C. A. will
have special tents where the jackies
may rest, read wholesome lteratur
write letters and enjoy the benefit of
religious services. There will also be
a moving picture entertainment for
them exclusively, and the council is
now trying to get the Life of Christ"
for exhibition. Those of the sailors
who will accept the hospitalities so af-
forded will be entertained in the city
as we'll as at the harbor front. The
city headquarters will be the Y M. c.
A. building, and throughout the city
there will be rest tents and reading
tents 1t is also proposed to secure
enough automobiles to treat the sailors
generously to sightseeing. The plans
also include services on the battleships.
I'VE will simply convert ourselves
into a naval Y. NJ. c. A." said Secre
tary Emett yesterday. 1--WE aim to
mingle with the men and keep a Chris
tian influence constantly around them"
Christian Reception
In discussing the work the letter
says;
'In view of all this, many of the
Christian business men of Los Angeles
have felt that In justice to the men of
the fleet. in defense of the honor and
seif-respect of Southern California cit
izenship. and above all for the sake of
the cause of Christ. something ought to
be done for the moral and spiritual well
fare of ne men. TO this end, through
the Young Mems Christian association,
we desire to carry on such work by
esta blshing tents or other suitable
headquarters at the ports of anchorage,
where clean, attractive, frst-class en-
tertainment can be given: where COM
Portable reading and writing facilities
may be had; where cots may be used
by the men who desire, and, generally,
whe everything may be done which
can be done for a mothers bov to keep
him straight and to render him a kind
ness Twenty thousand copies of the
marked New Testament have been gen.
erously placed in our hands, free of
charge by the Los Angeles Bible house,
and one will be placed In the hands of
every boy or man who will accept IT.
Religious meetings will also be held on
shipboard, and as a result we believe
there will be many a man born into a
new life. Every one of such will, in
sense, become a foreign missionary,
carrying the gospel around the world.
We plan also to have receptions in
Christian homes, and such other forms
of service or entertainment as will be
uplifting and beneficial to these fine
young fellows who are away from home
influences, and who so badly need the
help we can give them to resist the
many and tremendously strong tempta-
tions which beset them. This is Won
derful opportunity"