American messenger . ight to seethe procession of Christians from differ-ent villages wending their way throughthe cornfields to our tent for service,singing as they came, each processionbeing headed by drums and of the people had walked severalmiles ; nevertheless when they arrived atour tents, instead of sitting down to restafter their journey, they stood round inrings, singing Psalms and hymns, theirfaces lit up with a wonderful joy. Itwas a grand service, or rather services,for they lasted all day and it was aSunday that we missionaries will noteasily forget. I took my stand u
American messenger . ight to seethe procession of Christians from differ-ent villages wending their way throughthe cornfields to our tent for service,singing as they came, each processionbeing headed by drums and of the people had walked severalmiles ; nevertheless when they arrived atour tents, instead of sitting down to restafter their journey, they stood round inrings, singing Psalms and hymns, theirfaces lit up with a wonderful joy. Itwas a grand service, or rather services,for they lasted all day and it was aSunday that we missionaries will noteasily forget. I took my stand under-neath a tree and all around seated onthe ground were the Christians and be-yond them a very large gathering ofHindus and Mohammedans. We con-cluded our services with the Holy Com-munion. Towards evening the differentprocessions, for they represented no lessthan nine villages, started on their wayhome, apparently not in the least tiredafter the days services, for they wentoff singing as heartily as when A BIBLE WOMAN OF INDIA and the results achieved, indicate thatgreat progress has been made alongmany lines. While the weaknesses ofthe campaign which have been pointedout cannot be denied, it must be con-ceded that during the past year Chris-tianity has asserted itself as a factor inthe life of the nation as never success of the campaign in Tokyoafforded ample proof of what could beaccomplished by the united efforts ofall the city churches, especially in theway of distributing literature and adver-tising. It was estimated that at leasttwo-thirds of the people who attendedthe tent meetings were of the preaching in these meetingswas thoroughly evangelical. Two hun-dred and fifteen letters of inquiry werereceived by the committee which hadcharge of the newspaper campaign. Alarge number of such letters, enclosingpostage for reply, have also come to theoffice of the Christian Literature So-ciety, not only from Tokyo but from allparts of the
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