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ica’s shores, not yet fam iliar w ith its customs and language. And then th e re were B aptists, P resbyterians, Metho dists. Episcopalians,- Lutherans, Men- nonites. Christians, Congregatdonalists, B reth ren ; also converted Jews, reclaim ed Catholics, Christian Scientists, The- osophists, Spiritists and Mormons; and regenerated skeptics, atheists and infi dels-—tru ly a cosmopolitan and demo cratic gathering from every land and every clime, and from every condition of life; b u t now all one big, loving fam ily whose Head is Christ, united in the common bond of devotion to Him and eager consecration to His glorious service. Even, a t Oi Ying’s tab le alone there were studen ts who held a peculiar fascination for her. A t th e head was a handsome young Irishm an, recently converted from th e Roman Catholic priesthood;' on his rig h t a former “movie” actress, now completely conse crated to Christ and preparing for His service in Africa. Next to her sat a man who, despite th e ridicule and pro tests of his friends, had given up a lucrative position in business to prepare for the m inistry. On his rig h t sa t a beau tifu l young Jewess, cast off by all her own people because of her unswerving devotion to her new-found Messiah. And next to Oi Ying, and to h er th e most in teresting of all, was a form er Chris tia n Science healer, now fully converted to th e Gospel and preparing to w itness to its glorious L ight am id th e darkness of India. B reak fast over,. Oi Ying had gone happily to morning devotions. It was Wednesday, the day when th e men and women m et together. Oi Ying .liked th a t best, for it was always such a joy to hear th e men sing, th eir voices were so full and rich. Mr. H ubbard had led th e meeting and had introduced as speaker a m issionary recently retu rn ed fiom South America, whose stirring message had touched many h earts.
eager studen ts filing Into th e dining room, nearly every one carrying a Bible or Testament. The b reak fast hour was always fascinating to Oi Ying; she never tired of studying h er fellow-stu dents. There was plenty of tim e to watch them while th e “h ead ” was busy directing the ordering of th e drinks and cereals and while th e “opposite” was pouring th e w ater and m arking the attendance card. Above th e clatter of dishes and th e buzz of a couple of hun dred voices it was difficult for th e little C h in ese' girl to make her shy voice h eard ; bu t th ink ing was always, b etter th an talk ing anyway, and th ere were so many in teresting students to excite one’s adm iration and curiosity. There were men and women from nearly every country on earth : . from China, Japan and Korea; from Aus tralia, South America, England, Scot land, _ and Ireland ; from Holland, F rance, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, R u ssia;— yes, th e re was one man from Africa even, and one E ast Indian, w ith his queer tu rb an and his soft, charm ing voice— and of course Canada and nearly every S tate in th e Union had th e ir quota, even frozen Alaska. And w hat varied walks and occupations th e studen ts represented. Among th e num ber were m inisters, mis sionaries, doctors, lawyers, artists, musicians, teachers, home-makers, ste nographers, dressm akers, farm ers, car penters, telegraph and telephone opera tors— yes, Oi Ying had heard th ere was even a converted ex-prize-fighter in th e stud en t body. There were grey-haired men and women, young m arried cou- ile s, m e n 'a n d women of college exper ience, and young boys and girls away from home for th e first tim e in th eir lives. There were stud en ts of com fortable means, bu t more who were wholly dependent upon th e Lord for th e ir daily supply; th e re were repre sentatives of th e finest American homes, and others who were strangers to Amer
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