Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . Charles attended his first An-nual Meeting, held near Virden thatyear. He knows this through his moth-er telling him. His school days in thecountry school were uneventful, but he,though timid, sought diligently to have good lessons and properly improve histime. He loved play and was glad forthe recesses and the sports of the hour. At the age of thirteen he accepted thecall of the Master and enlisted withChrist. He feels the step between theworld and the church was to him not abig one, yet he never doubted the genu-ineness of his conversion. Identifyinghimself
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . Charles attended his first An-nual Meeting, held near Virden thatyear. He knows this through his moth-er telling him. His school days in thecountry school were uneventful, but he,though timid, sought diligently to have good lessons and properly improve histime. He loved play and was glad forthe recesses and the sports of the hour. At the age of thirteen he accepted thecall of the Master and enlisted withChrist. He feels the step between theworld and the church was to him not abig one, yet he never doubted the genu-ineness of his conversion. Identifyinghimself with the followers of Christ, heat once set about in the Masters busi-ness with childlike simplicity. Heserved in the Sunday school as secre-tary, then treasurer, and when a littleolder was frequently elected superin-tendent. While at Normal a call camefrom a State orphanage for young mento teach Sunday-school classes. Charleswas among the number that went regu-larly to the orphanage with the Word. Charles had an ambition to be a. C. H. Brubakers Home in Illinois. teacher and spent a number of terms inthe schoolroom both in Illinois and laterin California. For in the latter part ofthe nineties he went to California, be-lieving he would like the climate betterthan Illinois. There he prepared himselfbetter for his chosen calling. However,having to make his way through school,he found it quite difficult to make theprogress he desired. He spent one yearclerking in an aluminum store in SanFrancisco. His employer was muchpleased with his services, very enthu-siastic over the prospects of his busi-ness and urged Charles to stay withhim. But the National Education As-sociation met in Los Angeles just thenand Charles took advantage of his vaca-tion and attended. Already the ideal ofbeing a Christian business man was be-fore him and it tempted him the ideals of the educational meet-ing came with such force that he feltto choose the commercial life was notnearest to Gogs ideal
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