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he slept, a table, two chairs, two book cases, an open grate, and a foreign stove, made up the furniture. The light came into the room through a large paper \ win dow. But I shall long remember the sol emn hour -which I have just described to you. The assistant sat at his feet weep ing, now and then raising his eyes upward irp silent prayer, and the servant on one side watching with tenderness his wants. And these two simple-minded natives, judging from their life and sayings since, must have profited by his last injunctions. And so after many years o f toil he passed away into the other world. ‘God,’ he said, ‘will carry ron the good work.’ ‘A h ! no, I have no fears for that.! “ It was a rare privilege to have known your brother. His firmness o f purpose was remarkable; his Christian faith supporting to himself, as well as encouraging to oth ers; his gentleness most touching; his’ hap-, piness genuine. And to me these incidents which I have related contain more than I am able to express.” Thus passed away from the scene of his wdrk to that o f his reward, one o f the most scholarly and at the same time most Ihumble, devoted and Spirit-filled evangelists and missionaries that the Church has ever known; a man,whose influ ence in the homeland and in the foreign field cannot be properly estimated this side o f eternity; a man who in his sacrifice of self and devotion to soul-winning, puts us all to shame. May the story o f his life, however briefly and imperfectly we have related it, arouse the writer and his read ers to more worthily imitate him.
went to see him." I found him suffering from hard and difficult breathing, and I felt that death was near. So I sat by him and talked o f the hour which was coming —o f the life which was beyond. In reply to my inquiry whether there was anything I could do for him after he was gone, he said, ‘No, I have arranged everything; all I have to ask is that you will keep your promise in regard to my wishes for this mission.' I began to repeat to him famil iar passages from the Scriptures, in which he joined as often as his strength would allow ;Nhe would listen until I came to the lines which he loved the# most, when he would say them aloud, his voice though very low, yet singularly deep. When I began the psalm, ‘The Lord is my Shep herd,’ a beautiful smile broke over his coun tenance and he pressed my hand more firmly; and his voice assumed, with all its weakness, something o f the old depth as we came to the words, ‘Though I walk-through the valley o f the shadow o f death I will fear no evil.’ When with much fervor he had' repeated the Lord’s Prayer, we sat in Silence. He assured me he was very happy. And thus he died, as it were, among the people with whom he had cast his lot; indeed, we might almost say among the very scenes with which he had identified his life. One who could have watched his declining days when he naturally, more or less, gave ^expression to his views, would have marked with interest the .contrast between the mind and thoughts so trained to higher themes, and the1' heart so con tented with lowly things. The little room in which he died has but few comforts, certainly no luxuries. The form on which
--------r------O --------------- SECOND ALUMNI BANQUET Graduates of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles Gather in Felicitation of their Alma Mater—Important Educational Fund
T HE Alumni Association o f the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles gathered in annual banquet Tuesday evening, Juhe 27, in the Institute Building. This was but the second gathering o f the Institute grad uates» the Alumni Association haying been
organized but one year ago. O f the six classes graduated, five were well repre sented at this reunion. The dining room was beautifully deco rated with pepper boughs, Bible Institute pennants and an abundance of red and
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