Good Meetings at College View, Nebr.
By R. A. Underwood
It was the good fortune of Union College and the College View church to have excellent help during the time of the week of prayer. Elder R. C. Porter was present during the entire week, and rendered most excellent help. Elder Spicer and Professor Griggs stopped over one day on their return trip from the West to Washington. Elder House, the pastor of the church; Elder Trubey, the chaplain of the sanitarium, and the writer gave their attention to the meetings during the week. We held each day two meetings in the church, two meetings in the college chapel, one meeting in the sanitarium, and one in connection with the International Publishing House. The faculty of the college also gave assistance, and were shifted from one meeting to another during the week as the local committee advised. Elder Porter gave a large part of his time and attention to the student body in the college. About twenty of the students were among those that sought the Lord for the first time, and sixty or more manifested their desire to seek the Lord with all their hearts, while others renewed their consecration to God. It was a very precious season, and one of great rejoicing, to see young men in the very flower of their manhood give themselves to God in a definite way. Elder Porter's mission talks concerning the fields in which he had labored were very inspiring, and a deep conviction rested upon many, not only in the church but in the school, that they should give themselves more definitely than they ever had before to carrying the last message of mercy to a dying and perishing world. During the week, arrangements were made for conducting Sunday evening meetings about two or three miles out in the country, by a band of the young men students, the remaining part of the winter. The readings that were prepared by the General Conference made a deep impression upon all hearts. Over eight hundred dollars was contributed to missions on the last Sabbath of the week of prayer. Many of the friends of Elder Porter who had shared in his labors more or less in this part of the field years ago, were very glad to greet him and to hear stirring messages from the Orient and from the African fields, where he has spent about seven years. Union College has already sent one hundred and eighty-five students into foreign fields, and a large number during these meetings definitely gave their names as candidates for foreign fields as soon as they have received sufficient training to prepare them for the definite work that God might call them to do. Nothing is more encouraging than to see our young men and women giving themselves to meet the calls from foreign lands. Surely the college and the College View church were blessed by the recent ministry of those who have been in close touch with the regions beyond. The Sabbath before, Elder Fitzgerald, from London, England, was present, and gave a stirring sermon in the church, and also two talks to the young people at the college. As a result of the meetings, eighteen young people were baptized, who dedicated their lives to God. Most of the students making the surrender to God for the first time were baptized on Christmas Day. Professor Lacey, the Bible instructor at the college, was made happy to see his son, Luvern Lacey, among the number baptized. So was the writer also happy to see his son, Robert Underwood, among these new recruits entering the service of Christ. The college is doing excellent work for its students. During the week of prayer many of the students expressed their gratitude to God that they had ever been induced to come to Union College, for here they had seen a new vision of life, with its responsibilities and opportunities for service. R. A. UNDERWOOD.