Indian empire. John McNeill and Gipsy Smith, the well-known
evangelists, have spoken to thousands and have brought the challenge of
the Christian Gospel to the men, calling upon them for decisions and a
change of life in harmony with the teachings of Christ.
Here are some of the finest spirits of England, some of its
intellectual and spiritual leaders, brought into daily contact with the
manhood of the nation in this formative period and epoch-making crisis.
Before us hangs the program for the week. It looks like the schedule
of classes and lectures for some great university. It is drawn up in
seven columns for the seven days of the week, and includes a score of
centers, with an average of three events for each hut per day. It
would cover several closely printed pages. Here are some of the events
scheduled for a single night:
Hut No. 1, lecture on "The Meaning of Christianity," by Mr. A. D. Mann;
choir rehearsal; devotional meeting. No. 2, Rev. Butcher of New
Guinea, lecture on "The Failure of Civilization"; French class; Clean
Talk League. No. 3, lecture by Lord Wm. Cecil on China; French class;
hobby class. No. 4, cavalry band orchestra; Communion Service; evening
prayers. No. 5, Lena Ashwell Concert Party from London. No. 6, Rev.
N. H. M. Aitken, Bible lecture and discussion; orchestral band. No. 7,
concert party; general hospital show. No. 8, lecture on Napoleon by
Mr. Perkins; Mrs. Luard's concert party. No. 9, concert given by the
men of the auxiliary park camp; draughts tournament. No. 10, religious
discussion class; Lord Wm. Cecil; service conducted by Chaplain Berry.
No. 11, Professor Thos. Welsh's Bible class; mid-week rally. No. 12,
fretwork and carpentry class; games; letter writing. No. 13, mid-week
service; Bible class; letter writing. No. 14, cinema show; indoor
games. No. 15, lantern lecture on "India in the Trenches." No. 16,
ladies' concert party; Hindi and Urdu classes; letter writing; games.
All of this covers only the program for half of the huts on a single
night!
Principal Fraser, of Ceylon and Uganda, but equally conversant with
present-day problems in Britain, has been conducting a weekly
parliament in different camps on the great questions of reconstruction
after the war. For here are men away from home, lifted above the toil
and narrow drudgery of their former cramped lives, and they have
learned to think.
There is evidence of wide industrial and social unrest. Th
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