The Week of Prayer in Walla Walla College by J. F. Piper

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 21, 1915

The Week of Prayer in Walla Walla College

By J. F. Piper

It was my privilege to spend five days with the students and faculty at Walla Walla College during the week of prayer. The response on the part of the young people was most inspiring. Each day at the chapel period a reading was given, and at five o'clock each evening the students again assembled for prayer and social meeting. The school is blessed with an excellent class of young people, and one is impressed with their serious purpose in life as one mingles with them. There are one hundred and twenty in the first eight grades of the school, and two hundred and forty in the academic and collegiate departments. All but one or two yielded to the Lord during this week of prayer.

The teachers constantly seek to hold spiritual things before the young people, and are rewarded by seeing them active in gospel work. What a blessing it would be if all our young people of school age could be in one of our denominational schools! Prof. E. C. Kellogg and his colaborers are doing all in their power to train the young people under their care for active work in the Lord's cause, and we pray that their efforts may continue to be richly blessed.

On Sabbath, December 19, the annual offering for the College Place church was taken. It amounted to $395.31. Of this amount, $89.35 was credited to the young people's society.

I also enjoyed the privilege of meeting with the College Place church each evening, and I am sure that God has great things in store for our brethren and sisters as they walk in the leadings of his Spirit. The last Sabbath service will remain bright in the memory of all who attended, for God was there, and we received a rich outpouring of his blessed Spirit. J. F. PIPER.