lised by
almost all the missions in the country, and greatly helped us also in
making clear our meaning to the nation. By its sale, as well as that of
_The War Cry,_ throughout the country very many, even of those who were
too far off for it to be possible for them to attend any of our
Meetings, were led to Christ.

And thus steadily, though slowly, we made our way, until we had Corps in
most of the great cities, and became known generally wherever there were
thinking and reading people. Our Halls were, and still are, very small,
it being almost impossible to find either large ones hireable, or large
spaces available for building upon, in the great cities. Yet marvellous
were the displays of God's power to save in the little rooms, which were
packed to the doors night after night, and in the Open-Air Meetings. Our
leaders in the country, for several years, were Officers who, amidst the
multitudes of India, or of the slums of London had seen how souls could
be won, in spite of every outward disadvantage, by the irresistible
power of the Holy Ghost. And thus the numbers of our Japanese Soldiers
and Officers steadily grew. Just as in England, men who had been
notorious in sin became equally notorious witnesses for Jesus. Japan is
a great country for holiday festivals, when all the streets are by day
beflagged and by night illuminated with Chinese lanterns, almost the
whole population turning out on such occasions. Our troops naturally
made the most of such days, and it became a common thing to see men and
even women kneeling in an Open-Air Meeting to seek Salvation.

So when it was announced, in 1907, that The General was coming, Japan
resolved to give him a welcome such as he had never had before. That a
man should undertake, at seventy-eight years of age, such a journey, was
felt to be a tribute both to the country and to the man himself, and
there was a desire, if anything more in non-Christian than in Christian
circles to hear him, and do him honour.

"Tell him," said a Tokio editor, "that he is coming to a country such as
he has never before visited--which can appreciate self-sacrifice, as we
have shown in the late war."

And from the moment when his steamer entered Yokohama Harbour to that of
his departure, nothing was omitted that could open his way to the ears
and hearts of the entire nation. I had the pleasure myself to witness
those unforgettable scenes, and to notice The General's own astonishment
at the uni