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IHE WORLD-WIDE REVIVAL I. Revival at Sambalpur. The gracious outpouring’ in India continues. Mr. Delavan L. Pierson, in the Record of Christian Work, tells of an awakening- at Sambalpur which began in a humble way. He says: “At Sambalpur and its surrounding district, where the British Baptist Missionary Society is proclaiming the Gospel, likewise, the signs of a gracious revival are apparent. Here the move ment is among the low caste people and the instru ment used by the [.ord is a native preacher, Dan iel Das. This man of God was engaged in a mis sionary journey, and preaching to the high caste people in a certain village, was met with great in difference and coldness. His heart was very heavy within him. Then the Lord directed his attention to that part of the village where the low caste peo ple lived. He entered it and in its first house he found the weaver Djadab at his work. After the usual salutations, Missionary Das began to talk about Christ. Weaver I)jab was willing to listen, and the missionary erected his frame, upon which he hung a series of pictures representing the life of Christ. “Quickly other villagers gathered and all lis tened to the narrative. At last the missionary came to the crucifixion of Jesus. Many eyes were filled with tears, and it was clear that the Spirit of God was working mightily. When the story was fin ished Djadab stood up and declared publicly that he took Jesus of Nazareth as his Savior and would serve Him all the remaining days of his life. Many other inhabitants of the village, especially the women, begged Daniel Das to remain with them and give them further instruction in the way of salvation. Gladly Das erected his tent under a convenient tree, and he wrote the missionary in Sanibalpur to come and help him. Together, the European and the native missionary labored on in faith. Many of the people believed and were bap tized. Christian schools were opened, and the work of the Lord is progressing. Thus the revival in India is continuing and spreading.” 11. Revival Bands at Lu-an. At Lu-an, Shansi, 'China, the whole city has been stirred by a short campaign in which ten bands of native Christians went forth three times daily and proclaimed the gospel message. China’s Mil lions reports the movement thus: “Every morning at 5:30 an hour’s devotional meeting was held, when earnest prayers were of fered to God for blessing on the preaching of the Gospel. At 9:30 all the Chinese brethren were called together again, and were divided into groups of from three to five speakers. Having been pro vided with Scripture portions and tracts they pro ceeded to different sections of the city. At three o’clock in the afternoon and eight o’clock in the evening the same order was followed. Thus morn ing, noon and night as many as ten parties with over forty speakers went forth to preach the Word of Life. This effort naturally created a stir amongst the people, many of whom remarked that the Church seemed to have taken possession of the city. It is estimated that not less than 15,000 of the inhabitants heard more or less of the Gospel during the three days of the campaign. At 11:30 p. m. on the last day, the crowd of listeners was loath to leave, though three theatrical entertain ments were in progress near by. The Chinese Christians were greatly encouraged with the result of their work.” 111. Touching Appeal From Africa. From the Congo State comes a touching appeal from the natives for more missionaries. They had first asked the Congo Balolo missionaries for more teachers, and later when a steamer arrived, ques- The Golden Age for December 20, 1906. The Working of God's Spirit in Many Lands. By GEORGE 7. B. DAVIS. tinned whether they had come. “Not yet,” they were told. Then they asked: “May we write a letter, and will you print it in the paper you send to England?” Without suggestion or assistance by the mission aries, the following was then written: “listen to these words. We are those who went astray, but the Lord did not leave us, He sought us with perseverance and we heard His call and ans wer. Now we are His slaves, no other master at all. And we pray the Holy Spirit to show us the way of Christ and truth. “Behold, we tell you a word of truth. We had three teachers, one in Europe, and another has gone Io Ikau, and this one, who stays with us, his fur lough is due, and his works are many. The works are printing, ami the work with the workmen, and the teaching of Jehovah God; just he and his wife. If he goes to rest in Europe, with whom shall we be left? “It is good that you should send us teachers who will cause us to be full of the words of the Father. Friends, what do you run away from? Death? Or the long distance? He said, ‘Go and preach the Gospel in all the world.’ “When we went to Boyela, the people said to us, ‘Come and teach us the news of Jesus, then we shall hate sin and turn toward the salvation of Jesus Christ.’ We have not great strength, but pray for us to the Father God that He strengthen us in spirit and body, then wo shall spread abroad His good news that it go in every place. “Behold, we ask you, in all your assemblies, to pray for us and our teachers. “And we have seekers, females and males, they seek Jesus, but they are waiting for the joy of the Holy Spirit; it is good that you pray Jesus on that account. “We have a desire to hear your teachings in the teaching of Jehovah God; and we have a thirst to see you in the eyes, but we have not the opportuni ty. We have not the opportunity here below, but we shall have in Heaven. In the Father, and the Son and the Holy Ghost, one God. “We who write to you these words: “Bongolio, Moyo, Bokomb, Batangu, Bokuba, Nsoleturaba, Ikala, Ifekere, Entoku, Lifafu, Lo mindo, Nkoli, Lokonzo, Trnolo, Bolele, Tfungi, Bo fekwa, Bomolo, Bolembe, Tlema.” IV. Fruits of Madagascar Revival. Increased liberality is one of the fruits of the recent revival in Madagascar. Mrs. Collins, writ ing in the London Missionary Chronicle, says: “Last Sunday we commenced receiving harvest offerings for Christian work in and around this town. Never in all my life have I seen such giv ing. The native pastor led off by giving 16s, half his month’s salary. Children gave from 2d to Is, Sd each. A carpenter gave money, table, chair and other things; a tinner gave money, box, pail, lading can ; a tailor gave 6s, besides a suit of new clothes, some print, calico, etc. “All kinds of things were promised, including lace, thread, hats, geese, ducks, fowls, rabbits (pets), foodstuffs, rice, manioc, sweet potatoes, sweet cake, and milk. When all comes in and is realized we hope to have a good sum in hand.” V. Awakening In Hindu School. In scores of places in India the fire has fallen and the flame has transformed the lives of Chris tians as well as of the heathen. One missionary writing of the awakening in their school says: “Here we are experiencing a. most wonderful revival—rather like the one in Wales, I think. We had heaid of such revivals in other places and thought it all emotion; but we think differently now that God has commenced work here. We had a mission here last November when many pf our girls received much blessing. That seems to have been a time of preparation for some of these girls. During the vacation many of them were very quiet and thoughtful. At this time an extraordinary re vival had commenced in a Church Missionary So ciety station not far from here, and the mission ary from here had gone to help them there. He felt that God was going to do a similar work here; so on his way up to a hill station he came to us, and told us of many of the strange things he had seen there. One of our teachers, whose father is a native preacher at the C. M. S. station where this revival commenced, was home at the time and received a great blessing. “This teacher returned, and the first thing she did was to have prayer with the women’s matron. This was a good beginning, as they had not been on speaking terms for some time. She had arrived with some others at midnight, so I sent her into the women’s compound, so as not to disturb the girls. She began to pray, and after a time prayed so loud that the women went in to them, and soon the matron’s room was full. From that time, three months ago, the work has been going on. Three or four are spending all their time in prayer, and we believe the Hindus around us are going to be brought in. In a prayer meeting now we have about one hundred prayers, instead of half a doz en.” To Irene. Before I met thee Nature was my queen, I watched her zealously in all her moods; Wood, ocean, mountains, with sweet vales between I’ve brooded on as only poet broods. There was a solace in her forests dim Such as I found not in the haunts of man, There was a charm I dare not try to limn In every varying clime and new-sought land. My eye ne’er feasted on a hedge or flower But that I caught its smile and heard it speak, I never saw the lightning, but its power From heaven speaking on my soul did break. No star e’er decked the .brooding breast of night But what, wreathed in its gleam, I saw God’s glance, I never watched a sparrow in its flight But my soul longed high heavenward to advance. But since I met thee all my glance is thine; Oblivious to fair Nature, only thee 1 seem to hear or feel. I half divine That thou art all I long for, seek or see. No evening star shines for me as of yore, No autumn treasure-house to me unfolds, The lovely vestment Nature one time wore No longer on my vision fair unrolls. Thou art my winter day and sunny clime, Thou art my hidden lily in the hedge, Thou art my full-blown rose in summer time, Thou art my brawling brook and whispering sedge. In thee, incarnate, Nature shows most fair, From morn’s first blush to evening’s dying close, I see thee in Earth’s gloiy everywhere, The sweetest vision that my fancy knows. Arthur L. Hardy. The Important Thing First. Chicago Youth—l would like to marry your daughter. Boston Father—“ Should like! Should like,” young man! All right; you may have her.—Ex change. 5