Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . them. A thirty-minutesermon doesnt satisfy them; scarcely abeginning for some. Some one said: They want about an hour will give you a few incidents in aboutfour of my meetings since June 1, one was in a small school-house. The house held us only a fewtimes, when seats were made in theyard. The place was sometimes full ofeager listeners. Once they sat aroundas far as the fence, using wagon-seats,chairs, and even sat on the ground. well-directed remarks were then givenand the meeting was dismissed. Henever troubled us again and has neversaid an
Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . them. A thirty-minutesermon doesnt satisfy them; scarcely abeginning for some. Some one said: They want about an hour will give you a few incidents in aboutfour of my meetings since June 1, one was in a small school-house. The house held us only a fewtimes, when seats were made in theyard. The place was sometimes full ofeager listeners. Once they sat aroundas far as the fence, using wagon-seats,chairs, and even sat on the ground. well-directed remarks were then givenand the meeting was dismissed. Henever troubled us again and has neversaid anything about it since, so far asI know. He gained nothing by hisattack. Meeting went on as if nothinghad happened, except that some of hisown members wished he had kept number two was in a com-munity where boys were noted for theirwildness and for remaining outside thechurch. They began coming into thehouse and continued until the last, evenincreasing in attention. There were December1912 The Missionary Visitor 411. Young- Members of the Washita Church. many young men who would help tosing and in every way assist the hearts ached when we had to leavewith so many young men out in theworld of sin. Pray for our young are good and loyal, but are puttingoff till tomorrow what ought to be donetoday. Meeting number three was in a school-house, at night, where school was insession during the day. The secondevening found the speaker sick, and alarge audience. The service was con-ducted, but in a weaker way than attendance increased until on Sun-day night only about two-thirds werein the house. This meeting closed withmany interested people yet away fromthe kingdom. There was one family inwhich the mother and two daughterswere out of the church. The daughtershad nothing in the way except the in-fluence of the mother. She was a goodwoman and her influence was far reach-ing. Re careful, mothers, of your it will be; the children will fo
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