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rivals. Brief messages, sent on the way, have reached us with testimonies of open doors for service on sea and land. We hope to have some definite tidings for our next issue. A party of five are now looking forward to an early departure. Dr. and Mrs. Allen (Ruth Schneider), Miss Mary Pett, Miss Mabel Barnhouse and Tom Colwell are hoping to leave in January. We bespeak for them all your continued prayers. A Delightful Occasion President Lyman Stewart most hospitably entertained the students, ; faculty and officials of the School in his spacious home on the sixteenth of October. Over one hundred guests were present and a most delightful evening was enjoyed. It was a get-acquainted night for the students and there was a happy mingling in social inter course. A word of welcome was spoken by the President and responses were made by some of the officers. Everyone thor oughly enjoyed Miss MacLaren’s singing and the students and, friends united heartily in some Gospel songs. The pleasure of the evening was enhanced by the precious clos ing exercise in which all united in remem bering the Lord by the breaking of bread and drinking of the cup. The Monthly Report Service. On the first Friday of each month the officials and workers of the Institute and a few invited guests gather around the dining table at the Institute at twelve o’clock. Some seventy-five were present at the November gathering. Seated next to the President at the head of the table was the guest of honor, Mr. Charles Stim- son, whose gracious gift of one hundred thousand dollars to the Institute was re corded in our last issue. The program of these meetings consist of brief incidents in connection with the work of the twelve different departments. No statistical re ports are made, but inspiring testimonies are given concerning the personal dealing with souls. Hearts are always stirred and new spiritual energy is imparted from the
recital of God’s gracious dealings. It is the one time in the month when our workers in the city have the privilege of fellowship and it is greatly appreciated. Greetings are always read from the workers in other parts of the State and the two hours of conference close with a fellowship feast in a communion service. Among the Mountaineers. San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 30, 1913. Dear Brother Horton: I was in a part of this State, a few days’ journey by trail from quite a large village, and there I found young men who had never heard the story of the Lord Jesus, and old men and women who had not heard the Gospel preached for twenty years. I was never more saddened in my life, to think that native torn Americans had never heard of Him. The first Sunday night, when we sat around a camp fire under the trees, with only the stars for our altar lights, there were people from a radius of twenty miles to hear the “preachin’.” When I told the beautiful story of the “Man of Sorrows,” using the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah and the account of the Crucifixion in Matthew, I paused before the Spirit had left me, and all around in the dark where the circle of lights ceased, I could hear the soft sobs of the tender-hearted six-foot mountain children, and my own eyes filled with tears of joy and thanksgiving to God for the power H€ has given me and the grace of Christ which gave me my vision of service. Three of the boys accepted Christ and I baptized them in a little moun tain stream, Tuesday afternoon. God alone witnessed the joy that was ours.— H. M. The Lyceum Club. The almost phenomenal growth of the Young Women’s Lyceum Club is amazing ly blessed. Interest in the Book increases; personal work among the girls is rewarded every Tuesday night by souls surrendering to the Lord. Seeking out and bringing in young women, strangers in the city, is done continuously and faithfully; while warm
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