what a full consecration to the War included, and appealing to
them for it. I don't think I ever gave a more heart-searching
address, and it awoke a solemn feeling, almost amounting to gloom,
which settled down upon every soul. You could see it in their
faces. The knife of conviction pierced them through and through, as
I called up the particulars in which they came short of that life
of love, sacrifice, and service which the War demanded. We then
cleared the decks, inviting those who felt condemned in regard to
the past, and who were willing to make the surrender, to come out.
The first to roll up was about as handsome a fellow as I ever saw,
a Cornish-man, who fell down and began to cry out aloud to God.
Others followed, and before we finished I suppose we should have
nearly seventy down, row after row, sincere, beautiful cases. Some
of the testimonies that followed were delightful. T. was one of the
first to come out, and he confessed down to the ground, and wept
like a child, the whole audience being much moved. It was ten
o'clock when I got home, having talked nearly seven hours, and I
was glad to get to bed.

"Wednesday.--Officers' Meeting in the morning. A very precious time
on matters of detail, which I believe helped the Officers very
much."

Only those who thoroughly take in the meaning of these Officers'
Meetings can hope to understand The General's hold upon The Army, or the
value of his various journeys, for such Meetings had far more to do with
the success of his work than any of his great public gatherings. He
frequently uses the word "simple" in describing Officers, meaning men
who have not got so much puffed up by applause as to be incapable of
seeing their defects, and learning how to do better.

Can it be necessary to remind the reader that in The Army no
distinctions of race, country, age or colour exist, so far as Officers
are concerned? When it is inevitable to have together in one Officers'
Meeting groups who do not speak the language chiefly employed, some one
of their number is so placed amongst the group as to be able to
translate to them The General's addresses.

Here we have a gathering of men and women from near and far, most of
whom must needs carry on their work amidst small communities living very
widely apart, and where they could very rarely see another Officer, or
be visited by