n this tent splendid work was done. Night by night men were seeking
Christ. The demand for Bibles was great. On one occasion the workers
were employed for two hours giving out Bibles and Testaments to soldiers
who came crowding round and begging for them. From the first night of
its erection the tent was crowded. The workers had never in their long
experience seen such a blessed work of grace. Men by the score were
delighted to be spoken to about the salvation of their souls.

The pens, ink, and paper, provided free, were a great boon to the
soldiers. From three to four hundred sheets of paper per day were given
to the men, who, of course, had to make special application for it.

[Illustration: MORNING SERVICE ON THE VELDT.]

Mr. Denman reports: 'Many whole days we have done nothing but receive in
our private tents men who were anxious and troubled about their souls'
salvation; others came to us who had got cold and indifferent, because
of the absence of the means of grace. These in very many instances,
under God's blessing, were helped and restored to the enjoyment of
the means of grace and the Christian privileges. One dear Christian man
came in, threw his arms around my shoulders, and burst into tears, and
said, "God bless you dear men for coming out here to care for us, and to
help us on in the Christian life. He will reward you both for leaving
home and dear ones. I am sure you have been such help to so many of
us."'[9]

Thus was the work of the S.C.A. appreciated, and eternity alone will
reveal the good accomplished by its means.

[Footnote 9: _News from the Front_, April, 1900.]

=Christian Work under Mr. Burgess.=

The work of the Wesleyan Church at Sterkstroom was also actively carried
forward. The chaplain at Sterkstroom was the Rev. W.C. Burgess. At one
time he was assisted by no fewer than five Wesleyan soldier local
preachers. These were Sergeant-Major C.B. Foote, of the Telegraph
Battalion Royal Engineers, a much respected local preacher from the
Aldershot and Farnham Circuit; Sergeant-Major T. Jones, of the 16th
Field Hospital R.A.M.C.; Corporal Knight, of the 8th Company Derbyshire
Regiment; Trooper W.W. Booth, of Brabant's Horse; and Mr. Blevin, of
King Williamstown, and late of Johannesburg, one of Mr. Howe's workers.

Parade services, of course, received careful attention, and were largely
attended. But such services, however picturesque and interesting, are
but a small part of the chaplain'