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are all right, for they are children o f the Covenant.” The report from Efulen, Kamerun, West Africa, states that “the interest in things spiritual grows stronger and stronger.” This is shown principally in the lives o f the Christians. Formerly most Christians thought their duty was done when thpy held village prayers or went from town to town and held meetings. But now there is a systematic effort to win individuals for Christ such as we have never before seen. The people were given a chance to pledge a certain number o f days for per sonal work. They responded quite heart ily, and as they understand it better, we believe they will do- even more. Thpy pledged at one meeting 1,769 days to be worked out within one year and are to report on how many people they asked to become Christians and how many accepted Christ. These are truly the days o f the “latter rain,” and it is wonderful how God, accord ing to . His own promises, is pouring out His Spirit all over the field. Wherever we go, we find people whose hearts God is preparing for the message, and often we have to marvel over the way He has been getting His truth into the most remote corners. Oh, that the Church at home would heed this unprecedented opportunity! Beloved, what shall we be able to say to the Lord o f the Harvest if we fail to enter these great open doors which He is setting before us at present? How will we be able to face Him, the Prince o f Life, if we wil fully allow those for whom He died, to per ish without Him? It is most touching to hear the pitiful questions asked by some o f the dear old women as they come into our compound, such as, “ Can I really be saved yet?” “Am I not too old?” “Did this Jesus really die for me, too?” etc., etc. I am sure if you saw and heard even one of them you would count it a privilege to spend a whole life-time to redeem just that one .—Bbenezer Echoes.
The “ Shut-Ins” of Kamerun U NDER date of May 13 a missionary writes from Kamerun, West Africa, that their provisions would last with care for two or three months, as they were living largely on native food, and this food is most wholesome. There is an abundance o f th& food native to the soil and much better than many people in the home land have. There is danger, however, o f over-work among the Missionaries. “W e are all well,” one writes, “but tired with doing the work o f two or three people day and night. There is so much work to be done and so few people to do it, but we are glad to be occu pied.” And another: “The work is heavy at all the stations for the few now carrying ft. O f course the war has seriously inter rupted it in many, ways, but very little of it has been suspended.” Some encouraging accounts have come o f the January and April communions. At the January communion at Elat, 7,700 were in attendance, 453 baptized, 161 new con fessions, and the collections amounted to 868 marks ($208, gold). It was necessary tp have four overflow meetings to accom modate- the people. A Bulu translation£j of the General Assembly’s Intermediate Catechism has been printed- by the Elat press, and the Book o f Romans also, in Bulu, is now on the press. The most impressive thing in the situa tion is the splendid spirit o f the mission aries. Not one note o f murmuring or com plaint, or cry pf retreat. On the contrary: “ I look to the future with the best hope in regard to the outcome of the War. May we look for new teachers when the War 's over. W e certainly need them.” The Church at home will be recreant to its duty if it does not sustain these “ SHUT-IN ” brethren in far away Africa, by prayer, sympathy, service and substan tial offering. “ Our last news from our children is more than six months old, but we know that they
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