Christian herald and signs of our times . puris, hav-ing driven the British forces out of the Residen-cy, swept down upon them. Grant seized theold mud fort of Thobal; and the Manipuris,though outnumbering his men fifty to one,could not dislodge him. Finally, with unparal-lelled daring, he gave the assailants battle androuted them with heavy loss, their commanderbeing among the slain. Lieut. Grant comes ofa race of soldiers, his ancestors of several gen-erations back having distinguished themselvesby their valor. He is under thirty years of the nine years he has been in the armyhe h
Christian herald and signs of our times . puris, hav-ing driven the British forces out of the Residen-cy, swept down upon them. Grant seized theold mud fort of Thobal; and the Manipuris,though outnumbering his men fifty to one,could not dislodge him. Finally, with unparal-lelled daring, he gave the assailants battle androuted them with heavy loss, their commanderbeing among the slain. Lieut. Grant comes ofa race of soldiers, his ancestors of several gen-erations back having distinguished themselvesby their valor. He is under thirty years of the nine years he has been in the armyhe has served chiefly in Burmah. An ancestor,Grant of Grant, was the founder of the famousfighting Forty-second Highlanders of the BritishArmy, known as The Black Watch. SHEPHERDING THE LAMBS. EVANGELIST HARRISON GIVES SOME PRACTICALADVICE CONCERNING YOUNG CONVERTS. Guarding and Guiding the Newly-Converted—Threethings to be Remembered—They should Join in Chris-tian Work—Value of Sympathy—Enduring Conversions. BY REV. THOMAS o NE of the most importantelements of revival workis that of shepherding thelambs. By this I mean theguiding and nurturing of theconverts, who by the blessingof God on the Evangelistslabors, have been convicted ofsin and have found pardonand peace at the foot of theCross. When the Evangelistswork is closed, there is noduty so essential as that offulfilling our Lords injunction to the penitentApostle, Feed my lambs. This duty of coursedevolves mainly on the pastor of the church,though in the Methodist denomination he hasexcellent and efficient aids in the have great faith in the class as a means ofhelping the young convert. I always recom-mend the Methodist pastors to urge every be-ginner in the Christian life to join a class im-mediately. Many pastors regard this step asindispensable, and results justify their Rev. Dr. McChesney, Stephen Merritt, andother ministers, whose churches have beenmost blessed, always insist
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