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of song in charge of Mr. Tressler Scott, Mr. Raymond Hemminger and Miss Annie Maclaren. From 8 to 9 there were addresses of a somewhat more popular character than those in the day time. Most of these were given either by Rev. W. H. Griffith- Thomas or Dr. A. C. Dixon. One day was entirely given to foreign missions, with meetings from 7 in the morning until 9:30 at night. The directors of the Africa Inland Mission and also the Committee on Fundamentals took advantage of the gathering of Christians at Montrose for the holding of their annual meet ings. • The weather was well-nigh perfect, and the attendance .large at all gatherings, but Sunday afternoon there were from 3,000 to 3,500 people on the grounds at one time. This crowd was made up, not only of those who had come the week before by train, but of many farmers and their families and others who drove in carriages .or automobiles from some places near at hand and others thirty or forty miles away. Go and Fetch Them At a Salvation Army Congress in London, General Booth told of a sympathetic person who said to a young woman, a captain in the general’s forces, that he admired their work, but disliked their drum. “Sir,” said she, in reply, “I don’t like your bell.” “What,” said he, “not like the bell that says ‘Come to the house of God’?” “The bell may say ‘Come!’ ” said she, “but the drum says ‘Go and fetch ’em!’ ” That is the missionary order: “Go and fetch them.” “Go, make disciples of all nations,”
Dixon has always been a favorite at Montrose, and spoke with all his old- time power. At from 4 to 5 each day there was a special conference for ministers, to which ministers only were admitted. This was in charge of Rev. George G. Mahy, Secretary of the General Assembly’s Evangelistic Committee. All phases of the minister’s work were taken up in informal conferences under the leadership of some minister who had proved his special ability along that line. Almost every minister on the ground attended these conferences each day. At the same hour Rev. W. S. Jacoby had a class in Personal Work, training men and women in the use of their Bibles in leading others to Christ. From 5 to 6 each day the meetings were in the interests of the young people, under the direction of Mr. John R. Clements, President of the New York State Y. P. S. C. E., and Dr. Bernard Clausen, formerly secretary of the New York State Y. P. S. C. E. From 7 to 7 :45 a “Sunset” meeting was held on the hill back of the auditorium. These hours will never be forgotten. The view from the hill is one of great beauty, looking to the. East over the lake and the hill to Elk mountain, thirty miles away, and to the West over a broad valley and then hills to the mountains in the far distance. The meetings were in charge of different missionaries and Christian workers, city missionaries, home missionaries, Jewish missionaries and missionaries from Africa, China, Japan and other lands. At these meetings some young people were led to resolve to give themselves to the foreign work. From 7 :45 to 8 there was a service
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