Revival in College View
By R. D. Quinn
FRIDAY evening, March 31, we began a special series of revival services in this place. The first few meetings were attended by from four hundred to nearly a thousand persons, and it was soon seen that in order to do a definite work of deliverance, it would be necessary to begin with one institution at a time. Accordingly special meetings were begun in the college. The Holy Spirit came with all-pervading influence when the school gathered at the early morning exercises. All recognized the heavenly Guest, and study was put aside. For three mornings in succession the entire school laid aside their work and sought God until nearly one o'clock in the afternoon. With scarcely an exception there was deep repentance and confession of sin on the part of the faculty and the students. A more sweeping victory for God we have never witnessed. The evening prayer services are turned into special prayer seasons of personal labor for the unconverted. These meetings have also lasted well into the night; and so intense is the desire on the part of nearly all to get a definite experience of victory themselves, and to see their unconverted friends and fellow students delivered, that the electric lights, which are turned off in the power-house at 10 P. M., have left us in the darkness, still praying in little companies. The messages borne are, “Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel,” the third angel’s message to the world in this generation. In view of this, nothing will meet the demands of the hour but complete surrender, and that victory by faith over all known sin. The next effort will be held with the College View church.