Gideons

As Jesus of Nazareth called fishermen to be "fishers of men," so an organization today calls upon salesmen to be sellers of the gospel. At Madison, Wis., met the Gideons,* otherwise known as the Christian Commercial Travelers' Association of America, to celebrate 25 years of service. Speaking of its early growth from 3 to 3,500 members, J. H. Nicholson, Denver, its first Secretary-Treas- urer, said: "In those days we were not afraid to walk up to every traveling man we saw on a train and ask him if he was a Christian." President Boggs, of Philadelphia, praised the Gideons for placing the Bible in every room of every sizable hotel in the U. S. and Canada. Said he: "The Bible does not so much need to be rewritten as it needs to be read."

*Gideon was otherwise known as Jerubbaal because he cast down the altar of Baal by night.