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trustful. My son was so frightened he cried. But God’s arms were about us and we were safe.” Mrs. Craig had four large window panes, three down and one up stairs, two facing the storm, and they had been so loose dur ing the winter that she had sent for a car penter to come and make them secure, for it seemed a slight wind would blow them in, but the carpenter failed to come. “There is scarcely a home in town,” she wrote, “but had windows broken, while we, in the path of the storm, had not a window pane broken, only a crack in a small upper win dow. Soon Mr. Craig came hurrying home in the midst of the disaster and storm. You can appreciate the fact, mamma, when I tell you I had to pull with all my might to get that front door and screen open. The wind was blowing against it in all its fury, b u t,the door was shut tight. Mr. Craig T HE evangelistic campaign being car- ried on by Dr. French E. Oliver, at Vancouver, in which our George W. Hun ter and one of the. Bible Women, Miss Marie Carter, have been assisting him, has been growing in interest during the past month. Mr. Hunter writes that the pres ence of God has been clearly manifested, and many professed conversions are the result. Something like 1500 persons have accepted Christ since the beginning of the campaign. Miss Carter is doing splendid work among the high school girls, having organ
came in and said: ‘Trees are uprooted, automobiles overturned, and houses down. I am afraid I will be needed. I must go back.’ He put on dry clothing and all three of us started down town through the storm- swept district. The farther we got, the more disastrous were the results of .the storm. Some one told us our warehouse and new elevator were down. Mr. Craig had only left the elevator a short time before the storm broke. He said: ‘If I had been in the elevator I should gave gone to the warehouse for security, for it was built of three thicknesses of brick and was so strong I thought it was secure.’ Mr. Craig came home in his automobile during the worst of the storm and was unharmed. We were all miraculously preserved. The Red Cross and other organizations are doing noble work. The militia are guard ing that part of the city.” ized them in three different high schools of the city. Recently a large number of them attended the tabernacle in a body, and many accepted Christ during the service. A com mittee of workers, with an advisory board of ministers, has been chosen to stand behind the classes already organized. Some of the young people have signified their intention of entering the Bible Insti tute in the fall, and there would doubtless be more were it not for hindrances created by the war situation. À real hunger for a knowledge of God and His Word is mani fest among the people of Vancouver.
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