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kind of missionary work. One man in Cal ifornia spent nearly $50 for literature and sent it on to friends and relatives in other States. Another man here in Seattle has distributed over twenty copies of “Jesus is Coming,” among friends and relatives in other States, as far back as Iowa and Mis souri. After reading, they send them on to others, and thus the doctrinal and inspira tional literature of the Bible is being dis seminated. Conditions, spiritually, are much the same here as they are elsewhere. The need for definite prayer has been empha- sizd, and we are more and more seeing the fruits. Pray much for us. the Sunday school lesson, and on Sunday preached on “The Second Coming of Christ.” On the closing day he spoke of the financial needs of the Moody Insti tute and delivered an address on “Why God Used D. L. Moody.” On that day Dr. Torrey was made an honorary member of the Moody Institute Alumni Associa tion, one of the first to be so chosen. Four more representatives of the Institute Family sailed from New York for Kijabe, British East Africa, on March 10. They are Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Uhlinger and Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson. The honor roll grows rapidly.
others, and puts good literature into hands that appreciate and will read it. Several thousand tracts have been sup plied to those who spend their lives in tract distribution, and since the writer was for five months in charge of the Bible Institute’s exhibit, at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, up to the present time, he has been permitted to do a large work along that line. Many ihquir- ies come to him from people who received help there, and hundreds of pages of help ful tract, and Bible-study literature have been placed where they are doing excel lent work. Others, both in Seattle and in California, have been led to attempt this A T the Revival Conference held in Chi cago early in February, one of the speakers was Dr. R. A. Torrey, dean of the Los Angeles Bible Institute. From the account of the conference given in the Christian Workers’ Magazine it is to be seen that Dr. Torrey took a prominent part in the proceedings. On the second day he conducted a prayer hour, delivered an afternoon address on “Personal Work” and an evening address on “A Preacher’s Business.” On the third day he conducted the prayer hour and also gave an address on “The Conditions of Success in Per sonal Work. On the fourth day he taught
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