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trusting” ; and the three weeks I was there she led- more souls to Christ than anybody there. If I got a difficult case I would send it to her. Oh, my friends, tonight won’t you trust- Him? Let us put our trust in Him. Let us commit everything to Him. Who will trust Him tonight ? Who will commit them selves to Him, tonight? Who will do it this last night we are to preach the Gos pel? Who will believe in the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved? I must confess that I hate to close this meeting. These have been ten very -sweet weeks to me; ten precious weeks; but there is one sad thought about it all, that there are a few who have been here night after night, having missed hardly a night. I have looked for their coming. I have watched them, I have gone to their houses—some of them—and talked with them. I have not had time to go to many. I have gone down into the congre gations and spoken to them, and they have just wavered and halted, and it seems as if I could not have these meetings close and leave them out. It seems like a visitation of God, and if these will not accept Hint now, I fear they never will. May every man and woman in this assemblage trust the Lord. — |------0----------- The Leper Colonies The well-known Boy Leper and wireless telegraph operator, at Penikese, Mass., has gone home. The funeral of this boy leper, well known on account of his work as wire less operator, occurred on Saturday, Febru ary 20, at Penikese'. Archie was the young est boy leper ever sent to Penikese. He had been there six years, and was in daily association with the other lepers. He main tained a light-hearted courage and brought many notes of cheer to the Colony from the outside world through his wireless connec tion, which helped to make them forget their illness and their isolation. His last request was to ask Dr. Parker to take good care of his mother. Dr. Victor G. Heiser, superintendent ot the Culion Leper Station, writes to thank
people in this country for letters and cards received which have encouraged the lepers very much. Parcels of post cards or printed matter can be sent to the Colony at eight cents per pound, and should be addressed “Dr. Victor G. Heiser, Culion Leper Col ony, Philippine Islands.” The Ministers’ Association in New Or leans reports that the leper congregations in the Louisiana Colony are increasing. The contract has been let and work begun on the chapel. Lumber has been donated for the new building. Money is coming in slowly, but now the erection of the much- needed Protestant chapel is assured. At the present time, no available room on the prem ises is large enough to admit all the lepers who desire to attend Protestant services. --------- --------- - 1 A Sculptor Frozen to Death Hamo Thomycott, a sculptor, vouches for the truth of the following story: A strug gling sculptor, reduced almost to starva tion, had finished what to him represented the aim of his life. It was a plaster cast of a very beautiful woman, and the poor fellow hoped it would mark the turning- point in his existence. The weather was bitterly cold, and the sculptor, shivering in his Parisian garret, became alarmed for the safety of his work, for it is well known that frost is a deadly enemy to plaster. Tenderly and lovingly he draped the figure in the worn coat he took from his own ill- clad shoulders, and lying down beside it, fell asleep. The morning broke, and the frosty sun shone upon two figures, both inanimate. The artist had sacrificed him self to his art, for h? was frozen to death. His brethren, stirred by his sad fate, raised sufficient money to have the figure cast in bronze, with an inscription let into the base of the pedestal, describing how he gave his life—all that he had to give—for his be loved art. Far nobler than the sacrifice of this sculptor, is that of those men and wo men, who, to rescue their fellow-creatures from ruin will visit at all risks the haunts of vice and pestilence that they may win them to the Saviour.
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