REVIVAL AT ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.
Not since 1881 have we enjoyed in this institution so thorough and satisfactory a work of grace as during the last few weeks. Indeed, on only one or two occasions in its history have so many been reached and been led to enter upon the better life. The special interest began during the week of prayer which was observed by holding a meeting each evening, and a spirit of inquiry was early manifested and a goodly number promptly confessed Christ as their Saviour.
Much personal work was done by teachers and older pupils and many who had been negligent and careless, made confession and renewed their covenant. Short meetings were continued for a few days longer, and the seed-sowing and the harvest went on together, and every day some gain was made, and one after another came to a decision, until nearly all the students in the family and many of the day pupils were deeply interested, while some who had withstood many good influences for a long time yielded to the claims of Christ and took up his service. There was a quiet and gentle influence manifested in all our meetings so that without noise and confusion and without protracted services, the work was done and the blessing came as the dew or the rain from Heaven. No strangers were called in to help, and no unusual means were employed, and only ten extra meetings of a general character, most of them of less than an hour’s duration, were held.
Thus far the new converts, over thirty in number, and representing about twenty-five different towns, have stood the test well, and most of them are proving by fidelity in daily duties the reality of their religious experience. Absent pupils have been reached by the same good influence, as well as some former students, and the scholars have been encouraged to write to parents and friends, and thus it will be easily seen how far a light kindled here may shine and how valuable and precious a reviving at this center may become. We hope that a few who resist may be softened, that the timid and halting may be brought in and the great company of day pupils may be affected and the neighborhood toward which we are reaching out more than we have, will be blessed. We are very grateful for these blessings, to the giver of all good, and very humble in view of our unworthiness, and very hopeful for larger and continued gifts.
C. W. FRANCIS.
VISIT TO MT. HERMON UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, MISS.
On Saturday, the 19th of February, President Pope set out to fill his regular monthly appointment to preach at Mt. Hermon Seminary for Young Ladies, whose head and founder, Miss Sarah A. Dickey, was a pioneer in this Mississippi work, and has passed through such trials and hardships as those who enter at this stage of the work will rarely, if ever, have to encounter, and who is now reaping a measure of the respect and honor she so richly deserves.