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Show 2 t Three times, when the devil's power was specially rampant we tried watch meetings, full of Bible study, prayer, praise and sing Ihey lasted from 9 p.m., until God sent us home, somewhere in the small hours. It seemed wonderful, but the next day they did not. act weary. All through these meetings, though the thermometer hu^ed the zeros sometimes 8° below, Mr. Sprague had no rheumatism, Mrs feprague had no lumbago, though she was in bed with it a year ago' and it is her constant for. Miss Chapin was able to attend many of the meetings, and led a few noon prayer meetings helpfully. The parish are devotedly fond of her. The pain disappeared from my troublesome left knee, I could sing as not for years, and what seemed about to be a felon was stopped oil, m answer to prayer. The consumptive helper Mr. Kao Yueh was so improved, and glad, and felt sure it was God's answer to prayer He preaches now constantly. One brick mason gave up opium, the Christians kindly helping him through his nights of agony. When he got to the running away period-as they all do-we did have to prav hard Dear loving Miss Chapin went to the front gate, captured him and brought him back. Old feuds were buried, and a new Spirit of peace came in One could not be wholly glad, however, knowing that the dear Lord had not seen all the territory conquered of which He meant us to take possession. Some who came to nearly all the meetings never were deeply moved and had no apparent sense of sin The Church being slow and resistant for weeks, we did not get into the country at all, a great grief to me as I may never come again. But it is true as Mr. Sprague says: "The Lord hath visited His people- 1 he Lord hath done great things for us; To Him be the praise forever " ' Hitherto no one had given proportionality to God. Four preachers and one woman each promised one-twentieth. Two other women gave one-thirtieth. A beggar and her child and the eight little school boys each promised: "When our God gives me ten cash 1 will give Him one! " They had but two meals a day, with a menu austerely simple, thm steamed oatmeal cakes, and boiled potatoes, and sometimes millet. For the Chinese to fast from one of these two meals meant a good deal. But a desperate situation calls for a desperate remedy. After those first dreadful weeks, when the church |